06-06-2024, 05:03 PM
(06-06-2024, 04:06 PM)VulcanWerks Wrote: I had an issue like this with my ISP.
My internet was very wonky and my router conked out on top of that.
ISP came out and wouldn’t really say much after inspection except “you have a lot going on with your system”, replaced the modem and left it at that.
Randomly, he asked me what I do for a living as he was leaving. Not in the course of a conversation just that one question and then he left. Very bizarre encounter all around.
Meh, you probably have a more extensive setup than most. Ages ago a friend of mine was a cable guy, had him stop by to check out some connectivity issues a couple times. He said "no wonder I had all kinds of problems" because their techs are simply not trained to deal with any of it beyond the cable connection to the modem/router. There was nothing wrong on my end per-se but the other techs simply didn't know what they were looking at, threw their hands in the air and left.
I have a Ubiquiti something or other I only use as a PoE switch for IP phones, 3 APs with mesh and roaming, openwrt router with fail over to tethering if the link goes out. Double screen monitor setup and multiple machines in one office with VMs and the whole bit. Yeah, "normies" don't have anything like this in their house. They have the single ISP router dangling by the cord behind their TV or something like that.
