[ale] home network monitoring

[warlord at MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)]

Pete,

Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com> writes:

> Good monring all,
>
> I've had some sporadic issues in my home network, and I'd like to try and
> troubleshoot them, but need advice on
> how - is there an existing product that would do this?? Or am I better off
> writing something myself?
>
> ?My setup is:
> cable modem in bridge mode -> ASUS wifi+wired router, with wifi and wired
> machines in the house, and some powerline networking for a few DVRs that are
> too old for wifi
>
> The issues:
> 1) sporadic loss of wifi connection - like my SSID is not visible for 10s of
> seconds, and
> 2) sporadic loss of connectivity to the Intarweb at large - nothing seems to
> get out/back for minutes at a time
>
> ?
> ?What I would like to do is monitor connectivity from my (wired) desktop? to
> the fixed points in my internal network, and some strategic outside sites
> (Google DNS, Comcast DNS, wikipedia, or others with good uptime/connectivity),
> and generate a periodic report on when and for how long connectivity was lost
> to each.
>
> ?Does anyone have recommendations?? Does systemd cover this yet? :)

You could set up a bunch of ping tests..  There are lots of tools to do
this, including build-your-own scripts.

To me it sounds like an issue in your router, specifically if you're
seeing issues locally.

-derek

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