Have I got a virus?

[The Brewer]

I was given another free upgraded router from BT when I complained, it took several calls, worth the hassle though

 

[compo]

When I first moved down here and wanted to go wireless on this lappy I spent £50 on a Belkin router. It had to be cable compatible because we are on Virgin and it had to plug into her modem. It was OK for about a year then my connection started playing up, going slow, freezing and dropping the connection. I tried all the usual things then bought a second hand cable compatible Netgear job off Ebay for a fiver plus postage. This was 18 months or so ago and I haven't had a problem since. It is rock solid.

 

[byegad]

I had the same for about a week until the local BT systrem crashed - been absolutely fine since.

You could consider Combofix - it's very thorough but might quarantine something innocent so there are plenty of warnings about its use. I've used it a few times without problem

I had intermittent issues like this and changed my router, I had a spare new one. No joy, then our local BT went down for the evening, it's been fine since. Can't prove it was them, but...

 

[ian turner]

you need to provide actual information. Such as who is your isp, what are the connections between your pc and the telephone socket as in numbet and
length of each and as requested the line stats which would be what speed does the router think it's syncing at and what are the attenuation and noie values which can be found on the sttus page in your router. Also when did this stsrt happening and was everthying prior to that with this isp. Random speculation on limited information is of little use.

 

[MontyVeda]

i keep getting "the connection has timed out" when trying to log into my router. (192.168.2.1 according to my saved logins)

bit of blonde moment there... router had reset to default login details

Malwarebytes found 1 thing... but dont they always

My ISP is the postoffice, who rent lines from BT. Dunno when it started... I've been putting up with it for months... I'm a very patient man

I have no idea what line stats are... this meaningless data is from the system log in status.

1/1/2000 18:55:33> SNMP TRAP 2: link down
1/1/2000 18:55:33> netMakeChannDial: err=-3001 rn_p=804e340c
1/1/2000 18:55:35> Last errorlog repeat 20 Times
1/1/2000 18:55:38> SNMP TRAP 3: link up
1/1/2000 18:55:38> Accept() fail
1/1/2000 18:55:38> Accept() fail

sorry if i appear thick, I honesty am

 

[MontyVeda]

I had intermittent issues like this and changed my router, I had a spare new one. No joy, then our local BT went down for the evening, it's been fine since. Can't prove it was them, but...

I'm suspecting it's to do with potentially 60 year old cables coming into the house. My connection has never been great in the 10 years i've had it, and bearing in mind I can throw a stone at the telephone exchange from here... I'd expect it to be a lot better.

 

[ian turner]

If your router happens to be the zyxel amg1202 then
maintanance>Diagnostic>ADSL line>DSL Line Status
will take you to the data we require. Otherwise just ferret through the menus until you find one with up and downstream
connection speeds and line stats. If the router actually has the manufacturer and model rather than isp superwonderful broadband device on it then let us know what it is.

 

[byegad]

I'm suspecting it's to do with potentially 60 year old cables coming into the house. My connection has never been great in the 10 years i've had it, and bearing in mind I can throw a stone at the telephone exchange from here... I'd expect it to be a lot better.

Maybe you should throw bigger stones!

 

[MontyVeda]

If your router happens to be the zyxel amg1202 then
maintanance>Diagnostic>ADSL line>DSL Line Status
will take you to the data we require. Otherwise just ferret through the menus until you find one with up and downstream
connection speeds and line stats. If the router actually has the manufacturer and model rather than isp superwonderful broadband device on it then let us know what it is.

It's a ZyXEL P-660R-T1 v3

going Maintenance>Diagnostic lands me at 'diagnostic test' page with the following:
>> Testing Ethernet LAN connection ...
PASS
>> Testing ADSL Synchronization .
PASS
>> Testing ATM OAM segment ping ...
PASS
>> Testing ATM OAM end to end ping ...
PASS
>> Ping Primary Domain Name Server .
FAIL
>> Ping www.yahoo.com ...
PASS

I've had a route through all the menu pages and the only place I can see 'up and downstream'
Status>device info


Status>traffic stats


Edit, here's the system log:

1/2/2000 0:15:38> Firewall: Deny TCP service!
1/2/2000 0:15:46> Firewall: Filter no port UDP packet!
1/2/2000 0:16:20> Last errorlog repeat 1 Times
1/2/2000 0:16:20> Firewall: Filter no listen TCP packet!
1/2/2000 0:16:54> Firewall: Filter no port UDP packet!
1/2/2000 0:44:1> Last errorlog repeat 45 Times
1/2/2000 0:44:1> Firewall: Filter port scan attack!
1/2/2000 0:44:16> Last errorlog repeat 3 Times
1/2/2000 0:44:16> Firewall: Filter no port UDP packet!
1/2/2000 0:44:17> Firewall: Filter port scan attack!
1/2/2000 0:44:48> Last errorlog repeat 1 Times
1/2/2000 0:44:48> Firewall: Filter no port UDP packet!
1/2/2000 0:45:11> Firewall: Filter port scan attack!
1/2/2000 0:47:35> Firewall: Filter no port UDP packet!
1/2/2000 1:3:51> Last errorlog repeat 19 Times
1/2/2000 1:3:51> Firewall: Filter port scan attack!
1/2/2000 1:3:51> Firewall: Filter no port UDP packet!
1/2/2000 1:4:8> Firewall: Filter port scan attack!
1/2/2000 1:5:0> Firewall: Filter no port UDP packet!
1/2/2000 1:28:13> Last errorlog repeat 26 Times
1/2/2000 1:28:13> Firewall: Filter no listen TCP packet!
1/2/2000 1:28:51> Firewall: Filter no port UDP packet!
1/2/2000 2:2:59> Last errorlog repeat 39 Times
1/2/2000 2:2:59> Firewall: Deny TCP service!
1/2/2000 2:2:59> Firewall: Filter no listen TCP packet!
1/2/2000 2:3:25> Firewall: Filter no port UDP packet!
1/2/2000 2:7:57> Last errorlog repeat 4 Times


not sure if this is any use but i appreciate your time

 

[ian turner]

hmm you have an 8 meg connection with low attenuation and high snr so no problem with stability
Check the values at the bottom of the device info page next time you get a drop out but unless the snr goes below 6 or the attenuation hits 60 it's not a problem with the dsl signal
Install visual route lite and throw in the slow page address and it will show you where the delays are if it's your connection. Try changing the dns server settings in the router from automatic or their current values to the open dns servers 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 and see if that helps as your isp dns servers may be crap. I had problems with those of bethere though the fix for that involved switching the router off for a while so the servers issued me with a new ip address but I doubt that is your problem

 

[MontyVeda]

Thanks Ian... I'll look into it this evening.