🇨🇦syncrosMar 5, 2025

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

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@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

Mar 7, 2025 at 12:39amWeb
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