At home I am having some intermittent connectivity issues with my new Comcast Xfinity 1Gig service. I am looking for a tool that could monitor the up time of the connection, and report on the number and duration of outages. Ideally the solution would look like: 1. A hardware device like an iPad that would ping a server or servers out on the cloud to verify connectivity of the premises; 2. A cloud based service that would report on the duration and number of outages. In doing a couple of hours of research, the best and most closest solution I found was a utility you can run on a pc that will log the connectivity and down time periods called Net Uptime Monitor: https://netuptimemonitor.com/details/ This would work I just have a preference not to have to install extra software on a computer, and I like the idea of a dedicated hardware appliance and cloud service. Also if doing this kind of test say at another location it may be best if you don't have to install anything on the computers, etc. I think this could be done with a raspberry pie but not having experience with them it may take a long time to get that setup, but that could be a good setup as well. I don't know if you can get one that has some preconfigured utilities like this you may be able to run. I did read an article where someone had a tricked out setup with a raspberry pie and I think it used IFTTT. But again I do have an iPad just sitting on a shelf waiting to do this. I'd be open to also having an Android tablet do the job. Also I've used a batch file with ping that writes to a text file but then you have to manually go through it to identify the time slots when the connection is down. I'll paste the contents of the batch file at the end of the message in case anyone wants it. In conclusion, just curious if you have any ideas or if I am stuck using these pc type utilities. Best, Mika Pyyhkala (contents of .bat file) @echo off : Gerard ORourke : simple PING with Timestamp set ADDRESS=8.8.8.8 :You can use any address the above is for Google Set COUNT=4 :This sets the number of ping attempts per cycle set FILENAME=Output-PING.txt echo Ping Started. Pinging Address: %ADDRESS% echo Please Check Output File %FILENAME% to confirm Ping test is OK :start echo. >> %FILENAME%% echo *********************>> %FILENAME%% echo %date% >> %FILENAME%% echo %time% >> %FILENAME%% ping %ADDRESS% -n %COUNT% >> %FILENAME%% timeout 60 goto start -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of David Mehler Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 8:46 PM To: blind-sysadmins Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] dd-wrt as a repeater Hello, Has anyone set up dd-wrt as a wireless repeater? I've got a router, a Linksys e3000 that I put dd-wrt on it. I attempted to set it up as a repeater, it's showing as a separate ssid wireless network, and I'm not able to get to it. I'm wanting to know what I missed? Also, what SSID do I give the repeater, my 2.4GHZ my 5GHZ or my guest network? Thanks. Dave. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins ________________________________ This message contains information from Neighborhood Health Plan that may be confidential or privileged. This message is directed only to the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this email is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message and any attachments.