<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Yeah, ping tests are my plan for DIY. Do you know the names of any off-the-shelf tools for this?<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Derek Atkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:warlord@mit.edu" target="_blank">warlord@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Pete,<br>
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Pete Hardie <<a href="mailto:pete.hardie@gmail.com">pete.hardie@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
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> Good monring all,<br>
><br>
> I've had some sporadic issues in my home network, and I'd like to try and<br>
> troubleshoot them, but need advice on<br>
> how - is there an existing product that would do this? Or am I better off<br>
> writing something myself?<br>
><br>
> My setup is:<br>
> cable modem in bridge mode -> ASUS wifi+wired router, with wifi and wired<br>
> machines in the house, and some powerline networking for a few DVRs that are<br>
> too old for wifi<br>
><br>
> The issues:<br>
> 1) sporadic loss of wifi connection - like my SSID is not visible for 10s of<br>
> seconds, and<br>
> 2) sporadic loss of connectivity to the Intarweb at large - nothing seems to<br>
> get out/back for minutes at a time<br>
><br>
> <br>
> What I would like to do is monitor connectivity from my (wired) desktop to<br>
> the fixed points in my internal network, and some strategic outside sites<br>
> (Google DNS, Comcast DNS, wikipedia, or others with good uptime/connectivity),<br>
> and generate a periodic report on when and for how long connectivity was lost<br>
> to each.<br>
><br>
> Does anyone have recommendations? Does systemd cover this yet? :)<br>
<br>
</span>You could set up a bunch of ping tests.. There are lots of tools to do<br>
this, including build-your-own scripts.<br>
<br>
To me it sounds like an issue in your router, specifically if you're<br>
seeing issues locally.<br>
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-derek<br>
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</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Pete Hardie<br>--------<br>Better Living Through Bitmaps</div>
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