[Klug-general] How to monitor up/down times?

[Sharon Kimble]

On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:33:33 +0000
Chrisk <c.kirby at cairn-research.co.uk> wrote:

> Does the router log at all? 

Yes, it has a system.log which overwrites itself on each new login.

Sharon.
> 
> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas at talktalk.net> wrote:
> >I have a major problem atm in that my router keeps dropping the DSL
> >sync line/ADSL. I'm not sure exactly what its dropping but I am left
> >with no internet connection, and the 'Internet' and 'DSL (sync)'
> >buttons go red with no connection. It is a D-Link DSL-2680 as
> >provided by talktalk. I've had two engineers out today getting me a
> >land-line and
> >internet connectivity back again, but the internet is still very
> >spotty.
> >
> >How can I monitor the uptime and the downtime of the connection
> >please, so that I can go back to talktalk with a list of times that
> >it was not working?
> >
> >Can anyone suggest a programme, or script, that will give me the
> >desired information please? I'm getting really pee'd off that its
> >still not working properly, and when I spoke to talktalk support line
> >after the second engineer left I was told that it could take up to 14
> >days for the connection to settle down, which is not acceptable. So
> >please, can you help me?
> >
> >Thanks
> >Sharon.
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