[ale] Mysterious home network slowdowns

[Pete Hardie]

I certainly will be using divide& conquer as my methodology

What I lack is knowledge about useful tools to help diagnose - Jim K
mentioned iperf, which I will be looking into, but
beyond that I'm left with ping and wireshark

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 10:09 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/15/2014 06:20 PM, Pete Hardie wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > fairly often, my home network displays very slow ping times.  I've got a
> mix of
> > mired and wireless connections.  It is inconsistent, but persists for
> minutes at
> > a time.  What steps can y'all recommend to troubleshoot this?
> >
>
> Simplify and test each part.  I would ignore wifi until all other parts are
> known to be working as expected.  Wifi issue can be very difficult to pin
> due to
> all the environmental interference possible.
>
> Old routers to fail.
> Sometimes ports become flaky, so switch the ports used.
> Same for cables, NICs.
>
> You haven't been explicit about point-A to B connections. *Everything*
> involved
> is suspect.  If there are multiple subnets, then things become more
> complex.
>
> Simplify and test until you know what works and what doesn't.
>
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