[SOLVED] My internet connectivity - hope we don't have rats in the attic

My connectivity has been dodgy for the last few days.

I thought it was my DSL modem (it was nine years old). Replaced it and all of it's cables (to hub and to phone line). Same problem.

I may maintain connectivity for hours on end or 15 minutes. When it drops the DSL indicator light on the modem is solid. The Internet light on the modem is nearly solid (it doubles as the Rx indicator) and the Lan light is nearly solid (it doubles as the Tx indicator), yet all three computers connected to the modem via the hub lose connectivity.  The drops may last two minutes or 10.

Next test will be to replace the hub.


Update: It was the telco, not the ISP or the home cabling.

Forgot to mention, the ISP says the circuit is good as does Verizon (my telco).

sounds like the FBI have finally caught up with you and are intercepting your posts.
You've had a good run, to be fair.

bapu

daryl1968


sounds like the FBI have finally caught up with you and are intercepting your posts.
You've had a good run, to be fair.

Beagle knows where I live and my phone number. Should I suspect him?

Not sure - is there any competition for post count between you at all?

bapu

daryl1968


sounds like the FBI have finally caught up with you and are intercepting your posts.
You've had a good run, to be fair.

Beagle knows where I live and my phone number. Should I suspect him?

Mebee.....I know he'z in da biz.....
 

Send me your passwords and stuff and I'll check it out for you.

Beagle

bapu

daryl1968


sounds like the FBI have finally caught up with you and are intercepting your posts.
You've had a good run, to be fair.

Beagle knows where I live and my phone number. Should I suspect him?

do you have any becan in the house? 

Do you know those retorts about bears and the Pope?
Insert them here.














Full disclosure. For two days last week Chez Bapu was becanless. Sad sad days they were.

bapu

Beagle

bapu

daryl1968


sounds like the FBI have finally caught up with you and are intercepting your posts.
You've had a good run, to be fair.

Beagle knows where I live and my phone number. Should I suspect him?

do you have any becan in the house? 

Do you know those retorts about bears and the Pope?
Insert them here.



Full disclosure. For two days last week Chez Bapu was becanless. Sad sad days they were.

and you wonder if I was involved....

bapu

Beagle

bapu

Beagle

bapu

daryl1968


sounds like the FBI have finally caught up with you and are intercepting your posts.
You've had a good run, to be fair.

Beagle knows where I live and my phone number. Should I suspect him?

do you have any becan in the house? 

Do you know those retorts about bears and the Pope?
Insert them here.



Full disclosure. For two days last week Chez Bapu was becanless. Sad sad days they were.

and you wonder if I was involved....

I was sure I saw muddy paw prints on the porch. Which leads me to believe you were on the porch. Then you were off the porch.

that was weeks ago! 

bapu


Update: My ISP said they were going to "rebuild the virtual circuit" as a precautionary measure. I saw the modem lose full "true" connectivity for about three minutes. So far so good.

This is technobabble for 'turn it off and back on again'

daryl1968

bapu


Update: My ISP said they were going to "rebuild the virtual circuit" as a precautionary measure. I saw the modem lose full "true" connectivity for about three minutes. So far so good.

This is technobabble for 'turn it off and back on again'

or "reboot" because you have the BSOD?

drewfx1


Just occurred to me to wonder something:

In what room do you hope to have the rats? 

In any room where Ratt is, Poison should be there too.


Just sayin'.

Update: About an hour ago, while I was away, The Lovely Lady reported two short loses within 20 minutes. She said they were very short. No outages in the last hour. Not that one hour is any indication.

There you go. While I was editing the above post, lost connectivity for about 30 seconds and had to re-submit the edit. And the darn lights indicated everything was OK. I'm off to get a new hub..... 

Can't do it right now.

If we reboot the interwebs I might have to be productive or something.