<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I certainly will be using divide& conquer as my methodology<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">What I lack is knowledge about useful tools to help diagnose - Jim K mentioned iperf, which I will be looking into, but<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">beyond that I'm left with ping and wireshark<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 10:09 AM, JD <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com" target="_blank">jdp@algoloma.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 12/15/2014 06:20 PM, Pete Hardie wrote:<br>
> All,<br>
><br>
> fairly often, my home network displays very slow ping times. I've got a mix of<br>
> mired and wireless connections. It is inconsistent, but persists for minutes at<br>
> a time. What steps can y'all recommend to troubleshoot this?<br>
><br>
<br>
</span>Simplify and test each part. I would ignore wifi until all other parts are<br>
known to be working as expected. Wifi issue can be very difficult to pin due to<br>
all the environmental interference possible.<br>
<br>
Old routers to fail.<br>
Sometimes ports become flaky, so switch the ports used.<br>
Same for cables, NICs.<br>
<br>
You haven't been explicit about point-A to B connections. *Everything* involved<br>
is suspect. If there are multiple subnets, then things become more complex.<br>
<br>
Simplify and test until you know what works and what doesn't.<br>
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