[wellylug] modem and power cuts

[Jethro Carr]

On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 06:43, Lindsay Hunter wrote:
> In the last three weeks, I have had to replace two adsl modems that went 
> through such power surges.  May be partially damaged?
> 

ouch....

I've bitten the bullet and gotten a UPS. Just in time. Since I've got
it, I've been hit by 4 or 5 bad surges. And lord knows what comes down
the phone line when that happens.

get a UPS. :-)


> L
> 
> krjimh at paradise.net.nz wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >Can anyone suggest what my modem is doing. After the power cuts caused by
> >lightning last week my modem can't be opened by kppp from any user account.
> >
> >However it goes ok from root. I have checked to see if anything has changed in
> >/etc/groups and nothing has.
> >
> >I can't really see how config files could be altered anyway. As the modem is
> >working fine I presume it is undamaged, so it should be only something to  do
> >with permissions?
> >
> >It's a Knoppix3.3 install which has worked well for over a year now. 5 year old
> >Dynalink hardware modem.
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> -- 
> Lindsay Hunter
> Computer Solutions Wellington
> 021 636 826
> fax (04) 934 1730
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-- Jethro Carr

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