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  • March 21, 2018 at 7:27 pm #17964
    Bob WilliamsBob Williams
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      2 days ago I had a bad internet day. Slow as treacle on the ethernet desktop, speeds fine, laptop/tablet/phones on WiFi all OK. Then the desktop dropped out completely, couldn’t get any sites, or access router webpage. Enabled the Wireless card I have in the desktop (TP Link450M) and no joy. Tried all solutions, zilch. Gave up, pinched SWMBO’s lappy.

      Next morning same. Having rebooted the router yesterday without success, I tried again. Back came desktop internet, first on WiFi, then disabled that and tried ethernet. It worked. I am baffled.

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      March 21, 2018 at 7:34 pm #17967
      PlaneManPlaneMan
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        Minor power glitch?

        One of the power sockets at mum’s place is super sensitive to even the slightest ‘wobble’ in the power supply. The IP camera that uses it often resets itself.

        March 21, 2018 at 8:04 pm #17969
        Ed PEd P
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          PM from your description I’d guess that the wires(s) on the socket or plug have come loose. Take a look at the plug asap, and if you have the skill do the same with the socket. Loose wires can be very dangerous.

          March 21, 2018 at 8:22 pm #17970
          PlaneManPlaneMan
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            Thanks Ed, it’s not the socket (on the camera) or the power brick as I’ve swapped the camera with an identical one from another location, still the same.

            The plug socket I can’t get to in my knackered state but a sparks checked it about 4 months ago, he was baffled but guessed it was the old wiring in the house, the house is from about 1965, all the electrics upstairs are recent (within 10 years) and some of the downstairs wiring was done when the gas pipes from the road to the house had to be dug up and replaced and a lot of the internal gas pipes as well. The wiring that was ruined during this was updated. OFC the one corner that wasn’t touched is the one where the camera must be. ?

            March 21, 2018 at 8:23 pm #17971
            RichardRichard
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              If it is a supply wiring problem then that would cause difficulty accessing the router though the panel lights would also not appear or might flicker. If so as Ed said that is a really dangerous situation with a fire risk and the possibility of fume poisoning if the conditions were right, e.g. so money saving blighter using cheap Chinese bit made with the wrong – though not right for living things! Is anything else also run from the same power point, adapter or extension cable? Usually there would be a pong to show up overheating but that cannot be relied on…

              However, was the phone service also affected as the issue could be something easier to diagnose if both were in some way degraded.

              March 22, 2018 at 6:16 am #17980
              Dave RiceDave Rice
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                Bob, it sounds to me that the problem is with the PC. It wouldn’t surprise me if there were updates waiting to be installed.

                March 22, 2018 at 3:37 pm #17990
                Bob WilliamsBob Williams
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                  Thanks Dave, just checked, no current updates: but I remembered another, apparently insignificant problem with 7 Updates on the day before the problem ocurred. My Windows Updates are set to “Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them.”

                  I was offered the latest 7 Rollup, went into Update – and it disappeared from the Updates List. Had this once before, so I Restarted, went back to Updates – and there was the Rollup. Downloaded and installed OK. Next day was the problem. No further hiccups, except a disappearnace of the whole network at the time. It all recovered OK.

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