> -----Original Message-----
> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Clark
> Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 6:36 AM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: Spotty internet connection
>
> On 02/02/2017 10:12 PM, TE Dukes wrote:
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt
> >> Garman
> >> Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2017 8:52 PM
> >> To: CentOS mailing list
> >> Subject: Re: Spotty internet connection
> >>
> >> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 7:13 PM, TE Dukes
> <tdukes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> 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!!
> >
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> 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.
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