[clug] Internet connectivity

[Ivan Lazar Miljenovic]

On 1 March 2012 19:08, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.clug at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/03/12 18:29, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic wrote:
>> Recently my internet is playing up: websites not finishing loading,
>> IRC and IM clients continually disconnecting, etc.
>
> I've had similar issues the last few weeks - different carrier. Using
> another carrier and the same modem I've had no problems... (bit early to
> blame the carrier just yet though).
>
>>
>> I thought it might have been an ISP (MyNetFone) issue (as there was
>> some unscheduled downtime recently), but their tech support guy in
>> Sydney says that it all looks good on their end, and if anything my
>> speeds have been *increasing* over the past few days.  The only
>> suggestion he's made is that I try with another modem (which I don't
>> have).
>>
>> As such, can anyone suggest any pointers in trying to track down
>> what's causing the problem? (kernel config, software issue, modem
>> issue, etc.)  Nothing I've tried seems to work, and it doesn't help
>> when I try and ask for help on IRC but it then disconnects :s
>>
>
> Insufficient information :-)
>
> Is this a wireless internet or cable?

LAN cable.

>
> dmesg?

Nothing interesting that I could find.

>
> anything interesting in /var/log/?

Not that I could find/tell.

>
> If wireless:-
>
> enable debug for pppd
>
> then:-
> grep -e pppd /var/log/debug
>
> also:-
> ifconfig ppp0
>
> what sort of modem?

Dynalink RTA1046VW (from the ISP; seems good enough)

> does it use /dev/ttyUSB or other device?

For?

>
> sigmon for the relevant port?

Where can I find sigmon?  My distro (exherbo) doesn't seem to have any
package called "sigmon"...

>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
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