[SOLVED] Networking issues in home

[white.a.drew]

So i had my desktop setup via ethernet for about a month in are din, after which i replaced with a xbox one. Now basically no one in the house has internet, cant try setting up the pc again for the din has been made into a temp bedroom for kids. Howecer wifi is down no one gets any wifi at all the kids xbox works with the ethernet. Ps4, xbox ones phones all that worked last night for about 3hrs after centery link came out and looked at it and then nothing again they said they did nothing and i watched they didn't do anything minus unplug my extender that i had been planning on doing for months but thinking about it about to plug it back in and see id we can connect to it.

Edit so no it's odd all of a sudden after unplugging my pc from the router/modem it's like wifi period is shut off for extender and router. Extender is even plugged in via ethernet

 

[SamirD]

IP address conflict.

 

[white.a.drew]

IP address conflict.

Well after loging into the router/ modem it is asking to be connected to dsl so something tells me bad modem/router combo all of a sudden cable died or rats in the walls and if its the last theres going to to be war with the kids and in the walls

 

[Nemesia]

You have rats in the walls?

 

[SamirD]

Well after loging into the router/ modem it is asking to be connected to dsl so something tells me bad modem/router combo all of a sudden cable died or rats in the walls and if its the last theres going to to be war with the kids and in the walls

I would call your isp--if the modem is asking to be connected, there could be an outage--which ish 100x more likely than equipment failure ime.

 

[SamirD]

You have rats in the walls?

And bats in the belfry...

 

[white.a.drew]

I would call your isp--if the modem is asking to be connected, there could be an outage--which ish 100x more likely than equipment failure ime.

No dog ate the outside wire found the problem
Please close the thread @USAFRet

 

[SamirD]

Wow! Was the cable not buried?!?

 

[Ralston18]

And, wanting to be fair to the ISP techs, just how did they not notice the damaged wire?

It seems to me that before they started unplugging things they would have taken a look about to see what was connected to what.

Just a simple walk-around /look-see could save them lots of time. Whether or not the problem is theirs or yours.....

 

[Nemesia]

Yeah that's an electrician looking at everything but the wires.

 

[SamirD]

Yeah that's an electrician looking at everything but the wires.

Or a mechanic looking at everything but the tires.

Or a judge in court believing all the liars.

Or a fireman putting out all the....fires.

 

[Nemesia]

Exactly. They checked the signal level which was none because the cable was chewed upon and the internet wasn't even working. So they saw that. They sent someone but that person did not check the cable outside. You think they saw a good signal there with a broken cable with no internet? I'm sure they couldn't even see the router connected.

It's just weird to me when an expert of fixing stuff goes to your house and can't fix stuff or at least find the issue for you.

 

[SamirD]

It's just weird to me when an expert of fixing stuff goes to your house and can't fix stuff or at least find the issue for you.

That's not weird...that's just an amateur.

 

[Nemesia]

That's not weird...that's just an amateur.

 

[white.a.drew]

And, wanting to be fair to the ISP techs, just how did they not notice the damaged wire?

It seems to me that before they started unplugging things they would have taken a look about to see what was connected to what.

Just a simple walk-around /look-see could save them lots of time. Whether or not the problem is theirs or yours.....

I'm not sure I think the dog maybe bit the wire at first and walked away leaving some data transferring and it was right against the house yes the cable is buried it was where it can out of the wall to the house he chewed it up so that will now be getting covered with conduits

Wow! Was the cable not buried?!?

 

[SamirD]

I'm not sure I think the dog maybe bit the wire at first and walked away leaving some data transferring and it was right against the house yes the cable is buried it was where it can out of the wall to the house he chewed it up so that will now be getting covered with conduits

Ah gotcha, that makes sense. Get that dog some food!