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#21

IDNet Help / Re: Outage last night

Last post by zappaDPJ - Oct 29, 2024, 17:55:20

Ours went down sometime after midnight but I have no idea when it came back.

#22

IDNet Help / Re: Outage last night

Last post by Simon - Oct 29, 2024, 17:33:10

Ditto.
According to the Network Status page: Wholesale suppliers advised of an issue over night within their network. They have since applied a fix to resolve the fault.

Thanks Bill.

#23

IDNet Help / Re: Outage last night

Last post by nowster - Oct 29, 2024, 16:44:56

Interesting. My monitoring shows no outage for Dad's OpenReach FTTP in Aberdaron.

#24

IDNet Help / Re: Outage last night

Last post by lozcart - Oct 29, 2024, 15:29:11

Mine went down just after midnight and came back up around 8:30am. I was just going to call support when the website was updated with the outage information.

#25

IDNet Help / Re: Outage last night

Last post by Bill - Oct 29, 2024, 14:23:45

My PPP was down from just after midnight, until just after 7am this morning. 

Ditto.
According to the Network Status page: Wholesale suppliers advised of an issue over night within their network. They have since applied a fix to resolve the fault.

#26

IDNet Help / Re: Outage last night

Last post by Simon - Oct 29, 2024, 13:40:32

Seems it was quite widespread, Ray.

#27

IDNet Help / Re: Outage last night

Last post by Ray - Oct 29, 2024, 13:09:45

Yes, Simon, mine did, don't know what time it went off but it was after 7am before it came back on!

#28

IDNet Help / Outage last night

Last post by Simon - Oct 29, 2024, 12:17:34

Did anyone else have an outage last night?  My PPP was down from just after midnight, until just after 7am this morning. 

#29

IDNet Help / Re: Since VoIP callers names f...

Last post by nowster - Oct 24, 2024, 16:46:32

I did purchase a small backup UPS, which I intended to use to keep the router going in the event of a power outage, but I haven't got round to setting it up yet. 

At Dad's in rural Wales it's an APC (Schneider) Back-UPS XS 700U, powering the router (a Raspberry Pi 4), the ONT, and a GL.iNet Opal travel router set up as a WiFi access point. The other WiFi APs in the house are not on the UPS.

This guarantees a WiFi signal in the kitchen.

Estimated runtime is in excess of 4 hours, but I had to make sure the UPS was set NOT to turn off on low power draw, otherwise it would shut off after about 5 minutes.

The battery is replaceable in about 5 minutes (though there are no official instructions on how to do that).

When we do transition the landline to VoIP, I'll have the VoIP ATA be UPS-powered, which should allow the two hard wired phones in the house to still work when the power's out.

#30

IDNet Help / Re: Since VoIP callers names f...

Last post by Simon - Oct 24, 2024, 14:05:27

We've had this discussion before, but I have a very poor mobile signal at home, so nearly always opted to use the landline for calls, but then I discovered WiFi Calling, which improves mobile reception hugely, but of course, like VoIP, it doesn't work in a power cut.

I did purchase a small backup UPS, which I intended to use to keep the router going in the event of a power outage, but I haven't got round to setting it up yet.