🇨🇦syncros

Root Cause Analysis of Home Internet Outage 3/4/25

- all connected devices lost internet
- modem and router appeared to be up
- testing showed the basement server running DNS/DHCP was down
- problem determined to be ethernet adapter was disconnected by S'mores the cat chasing one of his toy springs
- oops

Mar 5, 2025 at 10:06pmElk
Show threadjarekMar 5, 2025
@syncros 1. It's not DNS, it's the cat
2. There's no way it's DNS, it's the cat
3. It was DNS, and the cat
Show thread🇨🇦syncrosMar 5, 2025
@jarek I do love a good Haiku
Show threadDanMar 7, 2025

@syncros are those springs sold as cat toys? i've not lived with a cat so i have no idea

it looks a lot like a binding spiral, maybe ~18-22mm

Show thread🇨🇦syncrosMar 7, 2025
@dank haha yeah, cats go nuts for them for some reason. sold in packs of 20 because kitty will immediately lose them under every piece of furniture in the house
Show threadtheantladyMar 7, 2025

@syncros

Those springles are serious business for cats!

Show threadSean SantryMar 7, 2025
@syncros There’s a joke in here involving “cat sics” (“sic” as in “instructing an animal to attack”) but I can’t quite formulate it.
Show threadraweMar 7, 2025
@syncros Last year I experienced "Pumpkin plant unplugging solar panels" as root cause for "why is all power pulled from the grid on a sunny day?".