Unexplained disconnections

[Alan Ryan]

My broadband modem has started to disconnect itself for no reason that I can fathom. Sometimes I can reconnect after closing down and rebooting, and sometimes not. It's a USB connection on XP Home.

Any ideas for a fix please ? Is it possible for a hacker to "steal" or to hi-jack my connection sending me offline ?

[jaycee]

Switch to using an Ethernet connection. USB is unreliable.

[Tuftus]

Hi Alan,

You may want to look at this -

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=26006

And report back your findings, you may need an engineer out, have you called tech support?

[tridens]

Hi my friend has aol broadband 512k he wants to migrate to new isp will his bt voyager modem usb work with another isp or he has to buy new modem :erm: :erm:
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The modem bt voyager 105 usb

[Halcyon]

It depends if he is changing to a cable ISP such as NTL, in which an ADSL modem would not work, or not.
Some modems are ISP specific and will only work with that supplier.
I am not sure about the BT Voyager, its best checking with BT.