(Solved) Internet is dying

[Volker Wysk]

Am Freitag, 27. Oktober 2017, 13:28:02 CEST schrieb Colin Law:
> On 27 October 2017 at 12:43, Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I've connected my desktop to the router with the new cable, for some
> > 17 hours now. (Had to squeeze the cable....) The laptop isn't involved
> > now, and there habe been no occurrences in the output of ping at all.
> >
> > I don't know, what had been wrong. Is it the cable? The cable only?
> > It seemed like the router was broken.
> 
> Have you got any evidence at all that is incompatible with the problem
> being caused by a faulty cable?  

> If it is that it is most likely an
> intermittent joint in one of the connectors. 

That could be. Now I've plugged in the cable in another socket at the 
router, in the original socket again, to see if the problems come back.

> I think I suggested that
> as a good candidate right at the start. If you have no evidence to the
> contrary and it continues to work then chuck out the old one and get
> another new one as a spare so next time you get an intermittent fault
> you can start by swapping the cables.

I've already thrown away the old cable. Tomorrow I'll get a another new 
one.

> > I'll leave it at that, although there are unanswered questions, and
> > contradictions.
> 
> Such as?

I don't know. Its very confusing.  :(

> > Thank you, to Xen and Colin Law, amongst others, who helped me.
> 
> Glad to have helped, if indeed it turns out I have :)  There is still
> time for it to fail again.

Speak of the devil and the devil shows up!  .. No, just kidding. It looks 
good as for now.

Cheers
Volker