> -----Original Message----- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Steve Clark > Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 6:36 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Spotty internet connection > > On 02/02/2017 10:12 PM, TE Dukes wrote: > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Matt > >> Garman > >> Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2017 8:52 PM > >> To: CentOS mailing list > >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Spotty internet connection > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 7:13 PM, TE Dukes > <tdukes at palmettoshopper.com> > >> wrote: > >>> Lately I have been getting slow and partial page loads, server not > >>> found, server timed out, etc.. Get knocked off ssh when accessing my > >>> home server from work, etc. Its not the work connection because I > >>> don't have problems accessing other sites, just here at home and my > >>> home > >> server. > >>> Is there any kind of utility to check for failing hardware? > >> I have the exact same problems from time to time via Comcast. Mine > >> comes and goes, and lately it hasn't been too bad. But when it > >> comes, it's down > > for > >> very small amounts of time, maybe 30-90 seconds, which is just long > >> enough to be annoying, and make the service unusable. > >> > >> When it was really bad (intermittent dropouts as described above, > >> almost every night during prime time, usually for several hours at a > >> time) I wrote a program to do constant pings to several servers at once. > > If > >> you're interested, I'll see if I can find that script. But, > >> conceptually, > > it ran > >> concurrent pings to several sites, and kept some stats on drops > >> longer > > than > >> some threshold. Some tips on a program like this: use IP addresses, > > rather > >> than hostnames, because ultimately using a hostname implicitly does a > >> DNS lookup, which likely requires Internet service to work. I also > >> did > > several > >> servers at once, so I could prove it wasn't just the one site I was > > pinging. > >> Included in the list of servers was also the nexthop device beyond my > > house > >> (presumably Comcast's own router). Use traceroute to figure out > >> network paths. > >> > >> After running this for a while---before I called them with the > > evidence---the > >> problem magically cleared up, and since then it's been infrequent > >> enough that I haven't felt the need to fire up the script again. > >> When it comes > > to > >> residential Internet, I am quite cynical towards monopoly ISPs like > > Comcast... > >> so maybe they saw the constant pings and knew I was building a solid > >> case and fixed the problem. Or maybe enough people in my area > >> complained of similar problems and they actually felt > >> uncharacteristically caring for a > > second. > >> I haven't been there in a while, but in the past, I've gotten a lot > >> of > > utility out > >> of the DSLReports Forums[1]. There are private forums that will put > >> you > > in > >> direct contact with technical people at your ISP. > >> It can sometimes be a good way to side-step the general customer > >> service hotline and get in touch with an actual engineer rather than > >> a script > > reader. > >> Maybe not, but worst-case you're only out some time. > >> Also, you might post this same question to one of the public forums > >> over there, as there seems to be lots of knowledgeable/helpful people > >> hanging out there. (Despite the name, it's not only about DSL, but > >> consumer ISPs > > in > >> general.) > >> > >> [1] http://www.dslreports.com/forums/all > >> > > Thanks for the info. > > > > I've seen that site before so I might check it out. > > > > My router/modem has a log. Its loaded with errors I can't interpret. I > > googled a portion of it and landed on TWC forums. > > > > Missing BP Configuration Setting TLV > > > > http://forums.timewarnercable.com/t5/Connectivity/Predictable-disconne > > cts/td > > -p/1016 > > > > Didn't see much of an answer. > > > > Hopefully it's a temporary thing as it just started. I don't think > > it's a problem on my end, maybe, but doubt it. I'll give it another day or so. > > > > Thanks!! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > Hi, > > What kind of cable modem/gateway do you have? Just wondering because > my 12 year old Toshiba finally crapped out and Spectrum gave me a new one. > Its and ARRIS TG1682G and it only gives me a private IP not like the old one > which gave me the public IP so I can't ssh to home from work anymore, so I > am wondering how you do it? > > Thanks, > Steve > > -- I bought an Arris Surfboard Cable Modem/Gateway instead of leasing one from them for $15/mo. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16825122014 I don't use the WIFI as I already have a wireless access point connected. It does have a 'guest' feature but I haven't gotten around to setting that up.