I have an Ameritech DSL line that has an external modem that plugs into my computer via a network card.

My problem is that my DSL line drops out a lot for usually 20-30 seconds at a time (although, its gone up to around 10 minutes before), and when that happens, I lose all the 127.0.0.1 and localhost communication. I run a small web server for my own testing use on my PC and I can't connect to my site on my local computer while the DSL line is flaking out.

Does ANYONE know of any reason for this? or how to get around it?

Thanks.

Er, what OS?

Are you using PPPOE?

Try running netstat -rn when this happens and post the output.

OS is Win98SE, and yes, its PPPoE.

When it goes down, I can't do tracerts or anything to any sites. I can't ping myself....it'll will just stall until the DSL becomes working again and continues like nothing happened. I believe that I have tried the netstat command and it did the same thing, but I'll have to check to make sure.

Thanks.