Re: OT? - Broadband Troubleshooting

2010-03-09 Thread Greg
Thank you all for the suggestions. It would be difficult to bypass the entire house network, or at least there would be significant impact. That said, I do intend to try to shed load and see if I can alter the problem. The difficulty is that it's fairly intermittent. Perhaps a dozen times a

OT? - Broadband Troubleshooting

2010-03-08 Thread Greg
I've been around this list a long time, although usually in listen only mode and I've seen some pretty interesting discussions. Thank you for some very interesting threads. I have a problem and not sure the best approach to isolate and resolve it. My home network seems to have momentary

Re: OT? - Broadband Troubleshooting

2010-03-08 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Greg g...@kettmann.com wrote: The network setup is pretty standard. Broadband connection ... What type of Internet connection and who is the provider? For example, Comcast cable, FairPoint DSL, Verizon FiOS, etc.  It seems to be an outbound problem (I can

Re: OT? - Broadband Troubleshooting

2010-03-08 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
I to not claim to be in the same league when it comes to networking as Ben, but I have noticed with some VoIP applications that I use and the people I call that it is often not the problem with my network. Some people I call are in far-off places, with really bad dial-up lines and over time the

Re: OT? - Broadband Troubleshooting

2010-03-08 Thread Ben Eisenbraun
On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 02:12:50PM -0500, Benjamin Scott wrote: On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Greg g...@kettmann.com wrote: What's the best approach to isolating or identifying the details of this problem?  One obvious solution is to log some pings for a day or two. This is tricky

Re: OT? - Broadband Troubleshooting

2010-03-08 Thread Brian St. Pierre
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Greg g...@kettmann.com wrote: What's the best approach to isolating or identifying the details of this problem?  One obvious solution is to log some pings for a day or two.  This is

Re: OT? - Broadband Troubleshooting

2010-03-08 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Greg writes: I have a problem and not sure the best approach to isolate and resolve it. My home network seems to have momentary (1-15 seconds) lapses in response time or connectivity. The network setup is pretty standard. Broadband connection, Linksys router running Tomato, a couple of