Internet is dying - diagnostics

[Volker Wysk]

Am Sonntag, 22. Oktober 2017, 16:06:13 CEST schrieb Xen:
> Volker Wysk schreef op 22-10-2017 14:07:
> > Am Sonntag, 22. Oktober 2017, 13:04:10 CEST schrieb Xen:
> >> Volker Wysk schreef op 22-10-2017 12:24:
> >> >> If you can take your router out of the loop, then you can test
> >> >> directly
> >> >> with something else.
> >> > 
> >> > What might that be..?
> >> 
> >> A different ethernet device.
> >> 
> >> Wired.
> >> 
> >> That seems kinda obvious right.
> >> 
> >> Any other computer, laptop, access point, television, and so on.
> > 
> > Sorry, I don't get what you mean by "take out of the loop"...
> > 
> > Do you mean to connect the desktop to a different device, not being the
> > router?
> 
> Yes of course. If you want to find out if the router is the problem,
> 
> You need to be able to have a direct connection to another device.

How about testing the router by connecting my laptop, by wire? Sounds much 
simpler.

 
> But what you experience really sounds like a router failure.

That's good to know...  :-)

 
> Hint: contact your ISP, they might even remotely see that it is
> defective.

I'll do, tomorrow.

 
> Otherwise you need a second switch to test with, or even to connect
> directly to another computer.
> 
> You probably don't need a cross cable to do that.
> 
> You won't have internet maybe (unless you connect the switch to your
> router), so if you connect it to e.g. your TV you won't be on the net
> for a while but at least you can test pings.

You could just use my laptop.


> So you could keep it running during the night or something and run a
> small script that keeps pinging and recording results.

Now I'll write a little script, and tomorrow I get a spare cable, and test the 
router with my laptop. Then I'll (probably) call my ISP.


Thanks
Volker