Connection drops and other problems

I've given up with getting any sense from the Indian call centres so hoping for some enlightenment here!
I've had the unlimited total broadband package since April 2010 and have had trouble-free usage right up to about a month ago. Now the service is just awful and I'm getting the following problems:
Broadband connection drops sporadically. Some days it'll be fine and stable, but others it's flakey - for instance it's dropped 3 times today already. Sometimes I'll get an orange light on the BT hub, but at other times it's showing all blue, although the connection has gone. Sometimes resetting the hub fixes it for awhile and sometimes it doesn't and connection comes back all on its own. Today I've had to reset the hub twice already!
At times I'll have a connection, but only to certain types of traffic. For instance I find that I can quite often do peer-to-peer stuff such as instant message, but all web browsing times out.
Speeds bounce around all over the place. I'm in a rural area so speeds have never been stellar, but at times it'll suddenly start crawling and can take 10-15 seconds to load a simple page like google.co.uk
The biggest issue I have is that my local exchange has BT wholesale as the sole provider, so even if I move ISPs it'll still be the same service, but I'll just have a middle man to deal with. It's particularly frustrating as I work from home and my office is hundreds of miles away so I absolutely rely on a good broadband connection for my living!
Does anyone have any ideas on what these issues could be? Much thanks in advance.

The links:
Home Hub: http://192.168.1.254/index.cgi?active_page=9116 << it only works if you have a Home Hub 2.0+ and remember to type your password in!
Speedtest: Use this link http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9354/c/346,4740,5520 as it will also help you diagnose and give you a list of solutions afterwards, it does incorporate the http://www.speedtester.bt.com one though as well.
Regards Edd
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Lync Client Can't Download Address List and other problems

We're currently in the process of testing for a production Lync Server 2010 deployment and we're run into some problems. I've been digging around on the Internet and the Technet forums but can't find a solution to this problem.
Whenever someone logs in with the Lync Client, they are immediately presented with prompts for user credentials. No credentials work. When you cancel out, you can still chat, but there is an error that says the Address Book can't be downloaded. I've confirmed
that the SSL certificate works, I've made sure the Kerberos Account is configured properly, I've reinstalled the Web Components, and I've tried numerous other solutions I've found for this issue. Nothing seems to fix the problem. When I try to run test-csaddressbookservice
in the Management Shell, I get the following:
cmdlet Test-CsAddressBookService at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
UserSipAddress: sip:[email protected]
        Connecting to web service : https://lync-pool1.company.com:443
/WebTicket/WebTicketService.svc
        Using IWA authentication
        Successfully created connection proxy and website bindings
        Requesting new web ticket
        Sending Web-Ticket Request: <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.
org/soap/envelope/">
<s:Header>
    <Action s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2005/05/
addressing/none">http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/Issue</Act
ion>
</s:Header>
<s:Body>
    <RequestSecurityToken xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/20051
2">
      <TokenType>http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1
#SAMLV1.1</TokenType>
      <RequestType>http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust/Issue</RequestTyp
e>
      <AppliesTo xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy">
        <EndpointReference xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
          <Address>https://lync-pool1.company.com/WebTicket/WebTicketS
ervice.svc</Address>
        </EndpointReference>
      </AppliesTo>
      <Entropy>
        <BinarySecret>I+ZKYvJkkqcD57OPeOX7MG6Tp8S4PhvMUOI6ZPKP/vg=</BinarySecret
>
      </Entropy>
      <KeyType>http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/SymmetricKey</Ke
yType>
    </RequestSecurityToken>
</s:Body>
</s:Envelope>
        Web-Ticket response: <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soa
p/envelope/">
<s:Header />
<s:Body>
    <s:Fault>
      <faultcode xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/net/2005/12/windowscommun
icationfoundation/dispatcher">a:InternalServiceFault</faultcode>
      <faultstring xml:lang="en-US">The server was unable to process the request
due to an internal error. For more information about the error, either turn on
IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults (either from ServiceBehaviorAttribute or from th
e <serviceDebug> configuration behavior) on the server in order to send th
e exception information back to the client, or turn on tracing as per the Micros
oft .NET Framework 3.0 SDK documentation and inspect the server trace logs.</fau
ltstring>
    </s:Fault>
</s:Body>
</s:Envelope>
TargetUri : https://lync-pool1.company.com:443/abs/handler
TargetFqdn : lync-pool1.company.com
Result     : Failure
Latency    : 00:00:00
Error      : Failed to get a web ticket.
Diagnosis :
I'm not real sure what to make of this. Any thoughts?

My situation was somewhat different but running Test-CsAddressBookService would fail with error:
'The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.'
All clients were unable to retrieve contact unless the full sip address was entered.
Environment.
Server: Lync2013 STD
Client: Lync2010
Did the following:
Checked replication under the Topology tab in CSCP- mine had a green check.
Reinstalled .net 4.5 via add/remove programs
Registed .net by running the following from an elevated cmd (run from .net folder) : aspnet_regiss.exe -I
uninstalled Lync webcomponents from add/remove programs
From Lync install media- reinstalled webcomponents.msi (browse to \Setup\amd64\Setup)
Checked IIS>Application Pool and ensured all ASP.NET and Lync components are set to v4.0 of the .Net Framework Version
Launched the Lync setup and reran step 2: Stetup or Remove Lync Server Components.
Reran Test-CsAddressBookService:
successful
Tested Lync client: Successful

WRT54GL Connection drops and freezes

Hi,
I just recently purchased WRT54GL and I've been having an issue with it. Whenever I'm downloading (both regular download and progress download on you tube for e.g.), and I'm not browsing or active with internet explorer, it drops the connection, even worse, it freezes (idle) for sometime and back in a very low speed. Sometimes it doesn't come back up until I open an IE. It causes the downloads to fail every single time! I opened the Local Area Connection and i guessed it right, it does drop and stop so very often.
I tricked it with going "forward" and "back" on my IE to browse between two websites just to keep the connection "alive" so that the download doesn't get disconnected. I checked connecting my modem directly to the computer without the router and it worked great.
I have Comcast and Vonage connection.
if someone could help, I would very much appreciate it.
Thanks all, :-)

Your router needs to be Upgraded, Download the Firmware from here ,
Follow these steps to upgrade the firmware on the device: -
Open an Internet Explorer browser page.In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1
Leave the username blank & in password use admin in lower case...
Click on the 'Administration' tab- Then click on the 'Firmware Upgrade' sub tab- Here click on 'Browse' and browse the .bin firmware file and click on "Upgrade"...
Wait for few seconds until it shows that "Upgrade is successful" After the firmware upgrade, click on "Reboot" and you will be returned back to the same page OR it will say "Page cannot be displayed".
Press and hold the reset button for 30 seconds...Release the reset button...Unplug the power cable from your router, wait for 30 seconds and re-connect the power cable...Now re-configure your router...Check if this works for you...

AFP to a default host in AEBS (and other problems with F/W 7.1.x)

Hi all -
I have a AEBS version N connecting a workgroup of several Macbooks and a Mac Mini acting as a app server/file server. This workgroup is connecting to the internet via the AEBS running WPA.
Due to the network configutation, I have 1 publically routable IP address (200.13.99.x), which the Mini needs in order to allow "outsiders" access to a database app. The other laptops can share a NAT address for normal email, web browsing etc.
After several attempts, I found the best solution was to set the AEBS Ethernet WAN manually to the public IP address (200.13.99.x), and set connection sharing to share a public IP address. Then using DHCP and NAT options, I fix and specify the MAC address of the Mini (10.0.1.2), and get the AEBS to enable a default host to be the public IP address (200.13.99.x -> 10.0.1.2).
So far, so good. To recap, the AEBS has the public IP address (everthing else has a DHCP 10.0.1.x address). When outside users need to connect to the database on the Mini, they use the same public IP that the AEBS has. It works perfectly.
NOTE: This ONLY WORKS WITH FIRMWARE 7.0. F/W 7.1 & 7.1.1 FAIL and do not allow any connections in this configuration.
My question is this: How do I enable people to connect to the Mini and mount the filesystem remotely?
If someone goes to Finder, Go, Connect to Server, then input the public IP (200.13.99.x), they attempt to mount the AEBS (which does not have any disks). How do I disable disk sharing on the AEBS and forward all AFP (disk mount) requests to the Mini (acting as Default Host)? I have attempted to Port Map Personal File Sharing, but when attempting to mount 200.13.99.x I still see the AEBS.
The fallback plan is to buy an external disk for the AEBS, but it would be nice not to have that expense.
Any thoughts appreciated!
Regards,
Charles
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I don't know if you solved your 'register now' problem concerning LE7 & LE8. I suspect the error your making is trying to open up each project in it's initial program - i.e. 7 or 8. The computer sees it differently (concerning Library settings etc) and your problem will be solved (hopefully) if you open up things in the right order :
1° Open Logic EX 8.
2° Then open the old project from LE 7. This should then open in your new system of LE8.
Of course if you wish to keep working on LE7 projects in LE7 then you'll have to change between each system as you go. You should remember that in terms of programs (with the same 'name/directory') that a computer works much like a tightly packed garage - if you wish to get out your old bike you'll have to move the new one first and vice versa!!
Normally you won't be asked to register again, BUT ... remember that you have to decide if you're going to save in 8 (and so keep working in that format) or not and I imagine if you've bought an update this is certainly your idea. Of course if you now decide to close LE8 and then start clicking on files in LE7 you'll be back at square one ..... register now etc. Please also remember that LE7 projects can work in LE8 but not the other way round, so once you've opened a LE7 project and made adjustments using LE8 you can't reuse 7 - I suggest you back up all your LE7 first on external/DVD support for later/backwards adjustments or reference.
Another small point to remember is that your computer will now be saving your project a second time in a LE8 format. So at some point you should remember that you'll be using valuable HD space twice over if you just convert and save in the new format - if you see what I mean?!

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