I mistyped, 4 lan ports. I should have thought about looking at the log, seemed such a hardware failure I didn't think, but a good idea if it occurs again. It is a stock Netgear Nighthawk gaming router so there isn't a lot of poking under the hood.
Paul On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 3:10 AM Csaba Toth <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> 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 <[email protected]> >>> 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 <[email protected]> >>>> 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 [email protected] >>>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> > 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 [email protected]. >>>> > 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 [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> 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 [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> 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 [email protected]. >> 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. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CA%2BKhHxKEx%2BRN293KmsixDaCBK-_3nypBnQ92iByshEQgNfOUJw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CA%2BKhHxKEx%2BRN293KmsixDaCBK-_3nypBnQ92iByshEQgNfOUJw%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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