I thought wifi routers have only one wan (upstream) port. Can you peek into the kernel or sys log of the router to spot error messages when this occur?
On Fri, Jan 21, 2022, 00:43 Paul Boniol <paul.bon...@gmail.com> wrote: > It happened again, and it was more persistent tonight. From what I can > deduce, it appears the WAN ports (all four) on the wifi router periodically > fail. > > It isn't consistent, This time it magically started working as expected > after about 8 hours (with multiple reboots, plugging devices directly into > the router, different switch configurations, different patch cables, etc.). > Oddly, it seemed to pick one (1) network device to work at reboot (normally > the Roku...), though disconnecting and reconnecting it failed. Also failed > to respond with a laptop, when it was the only device connected directly to > the router, port light on the router lit, after a reboot. > > There are no wifi problems at all, multiple devices, appearing to work > at normal speed. I only got the wifi router in October 2020, but that is > well past the 1 year warranty, and of course I didn't get an extended > warranty because I have never had a problem with a router malfunctioning > until several years after I bought it > > Paul > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 11:26 AM Paul Boniol <paul.bon...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Good suggestion. I've got a 20 year old who isn't overly computer savvy >> (despite my best efforts, he isn't interested in learning about anything >> under the hood), so goodness only knows... Of course it isn't entirely >> impossible other internet connected devices could have somehow become >> infected, though that's less probable. >> >> No problem this morning, but if it learns when traffic is more likely, it >> could have switched off before I got up. >> >> I'll see about monitoring overnight and see what happens. >> >> Paul. >> >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 7:22 AM Tilghman Lesher <tilgh...@meg.abyt.es> >> wrote: >> >>> Any possibility that malware is on a system and is using your >>> connection? As soon as you start trying to use the network, it shuts >>> down (ostensibly to avoid being detected). Then, when the network is >>> idle again, it starts back up and begins consuming bandwidth. It >>> could explain the slow connection. >>> >>> I'd suggest a network monitor port and watch the network traffic >>> overnight and see if anything shows up. >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 5:50 PM Paul Boniol <paul.bon...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Both Sunday morning and this morning, I had home internet issues. >>> > >>> > Yesterday, wireless was very slow, wired was not functioning. I >>> rebooted everything. Wireless was still a bit slow at first, but >>> functional. The wired network was still not working. I saw there was a wifi >>> router update so I applied that. Still no joy on the wired network. Things >>> were busy, so when I got back to it about 2 hours later, the wired network >>> had magically started working again. The network worked fine the rest of >>> the day. >>> > >>> > This morning when I woke up, wireless was working fine. Wired was >>> again not functioning, but magically started within about 10 minutes, so I >>> didn't have time to diagnose the problem. (With it working, I have moved >>> the wires in the closet all around with no ill effect.) >>> > >>> > My first inclination is that the unmanaged switch is starting to >>> fail.? Probably slim chance, maybe there's some misbehaving device? (There >>> are no new devices within the last few weeks, but I can't rule out some bad >>> software update to some device.) >>> > >>> > Any thoughts? If it wasn't intermittent, it would be a lot easier to >>> diagnose. >>> > >>> > Paul >>> > >>> > -- >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> > For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> > >>> > --- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> > To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAL9PgS0cZ%3DFP9a%3DveOnMa%3DNHOAvMp74x72ePMSNKLHPs82-65w%40mail.gmail.com >>> . >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tilghman >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAHPkZcV%3D6a8Ta5vQdmVsvy%3DzfB5bx_f3p3UoqEecw_51w1pUcg%40mail.gmail.com >>> . >>> >> -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAL9PgS0Q--yuFge28fKesT1XNOOt%3DtoA5%3D1u1nhnnhPW80F%3DmQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAL9PgS0Q--yuFge28fKesT1XNOOt%3DtoA5%3D1u1nhnnhPW80F%3DmQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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