[ale] home network monitoring

[Pete Hardie]

Yeah, ping tests are my plan for  DIY.  Do you know the names of any
off-the-shelf tools for this?

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

> Pete,
>
> Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Good monring all,
> >
> > I've had some sporadic issues in my home network, and I'd like to try and
> > troubleshoot them, but need advice on
> > how - is there an existing product that would do this?  Or am I better
> off
> > writing something myself?
> >
> > ​My setup is:
> > cable modem in bridge mode -> ASUS wifi+wired router, with wifi and wired
> > machines in the house, and some powerline networking for a few DVRs that
> are
> > too old for wifi
> >
> > The issues:
> > 1) sporadic loss of wifi connection - like my SSID is not visible for
> 10s of
> > seconds, and
> > 2) sporadic loss of connectivity to the Intarweb at large - nothing
> seems to
> > get out/back for minutes at a time
> >
> > ​
> > ​What I would like to do is monitor connectivity from my (wired)
> desktop​ to
> > the fixed points in my internal network, and some strategic outside sites
> > (Google DNS, Comcast DNS, wikipedia, or others with good
> uptime/connectivity),
> > and generate a periodic report on when and for how long connectivity was
> lost
> > to each.
> >
> > ​Does anyone have recommendations?  Does systemd cover this yet? :)
>
> You could set up a bunch of ping tests..  There are lots of tools to do
> this, including build-your-own scripts.
>
> To me it sounds like an issue in your router, specifically if you're
> seeing issues locally.
>
> -derek
>
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