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Spotty interwebs scratching my head. (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Current network Topography: Interwebs (1gb fiber) > Arris BGW210-700 fiber modem > eero Pro 6E > unmanaged main switch (TEG-S24DG) > eero pro 6e (hardwired backhaul), eero beacon (wireless), various downstream unmanaged switches (TEG-S80G).

Due to some inconvenient locations in my house, the (wire) distance from the modem to the switch and back is some 200'. I can shorten this, but would require I cut a premade wire and re-terminate the cable, at the time I didn't think it would make a difference and didn't want to deal with the PITA of reterminating.

I typically work on a system that is downstream from the 24 and 8 port switches, and have been seeing that my internet connection has been cutting out intermittently (nearly killed several critical job interview calls). While I do get 1 GB fiber at the modem (verified by the on system diagnostics), I typically don't see speeds anywhere near that speed at my workstation (fast.com/ookla/eero).

I've been fishing around to see if there's an always-on hardware solution that will allow me to do frequent connectivity diagnostics automagically instead of using a PC software package. some searching has led me to firewalla, which looks neet, but not sure if it does that kind of work and is pricy for what I think i need.

Pointed questions:

Are there hardware/wiring failures in my current topology that could be the source of the lost signal?

Is there a hardware solution to keep track of my network connectivity?

Anything else that would help to speed/optimize/fix my situation?

thanks in advance!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

200' of wire isn't long at 1Gbps, and wire doesn't usually work sometimes and fail others, but WiFi does that. My money is on the link through the eero beacon as the problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks!

The beacon connects to one of the wired backhaul eero pro 6e units. my workstation is hardwired into an 8 port switch, which is wired to the 24 port switch. not sure how that would cause an issue on a hardwired problem.