[HamWAN PSDR] Ups and Downs

Bart Kus me at bartk.us
Wed May 13 06:37:20 PDT 2020


Yes, you can get more info about the problem if you run continuous 
traceroutes (eg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR_(software)). Both 
from the inside-out and outside-in would be useful data sets. They'll 
show you the transient routing problems.

--Bart


On 5/13/2020 6:33 AM, David C. Jenner wrote:
> Thanks for the info, Bart.
>
> I don't see any indication of uptime using
> /interface wireless monitor 0.
>
> The interface status seems to be nominal.
>
> Inspection of the logs indicate that the connection has be active for 
> many (9?) days.  That includes many (dozens of) downs/ups.
>
> My indication of down/up comes from outside monitoring by a service 
> that pings every few minutes.  That's what is indicating down.
>
> Also, my router (from the inside) indicates down/up based on latency 
> and packet loss.  That does produces alerts, but less frequently.
>
> I suspect that there may be a "problem" upstream of my dish?  Is there 
> some way of determining that?
>
> 73,
> Dave
> K7DCJ
>
>
> On 5/11/20 11:51 AM, Bart Kus wrote:
>> You can query your device log (/log print) to see if you see YOUR RF 
>> link dropping.  You can also get the link's current uptime (/int wir 
>> mon 0) to see if it's been up for days or just minutes.  If your link 
>> is stable, it's likely a HamWAN problem deeper in the network.
>>
>> --Bart
>>
>>
>> On 5/11/2020 10:09 AM, David Jenner via PSDR wrote:
>>> My connection (K7DCJ-Buck) has been down for a few minutes a couple 
>>> of dozen times in the last two days.  Is the source of this known, 
>>> or is it at my place?
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Dave
>>> K7DCJ
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