[RndTbl] Shaw Internet stops working for an hour or so

[Bill Reid]

Sean Walberg wrote:
> Do you have an arp entry for your next hop gw when its down?  What's
> the link status reported by ifconfig? Errors?  Tcpdump the interface,
> do you see anything at all? (Normally you should see a lot of arping,
> at least on the residential side)
> 

The arp table is empty with the entry for the gw incomplete.

ifconfig shows everything normal. no errors.

I can not remember if I tried tcpdump but pings certainly did not work. I think 
ifconfig showed no activity but I can not be sure.

-- Bill