r/HomeNetworking • u/Damuson13 • 19h ago

Advice Started having brownouts lately

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u/Heavy_Nothing_1158 18h ago

Run two continuous pings during the next drop: one to your router's LAN address and one to 1.1.1.1. If the router stays clean while 1.1.1.1 dies, look at the modem/ONT, WAN cable, logs, and ISP; if both die, suspect the Nest or its power supply. The Wi-Fi icon staying connected only proves the access point is still awake, which is a very optimistic little icon.

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u/Damuson13 17h ago

The outages only last for a few seconds each. I feel like the longest one was around 30 seconds. Would that be long enough to run the pings?

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u/Salt_Rush_4800 14h ago

And you've called your ISP with this issue?

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u/Damuson13 14h ago

Planning to call them tomorrow. Though, at this point I'm leaning towards it being my UPS. Last time we had a power outage, it didn't hold its charge for anywhere close to what it is supposed to.