Current network Topography: Interwebs (1gb fiber) > Arris BGW210-700 fiber modem > eero Pro 6E > unmanaged main switch (TEG-S24DG) > eero pro 6e (hardwired backhaul), eero beacon (wireless), various downstream unmanaged switches (TEG-S80G).

Due to some inconvenient locations in my house, the (wire) distance from the modem to the switch and back is some 200’. I can shorten this, but would require I cut a premade wire and re-terminate the cable, at the time I didn’t think it would make a difference and didn’t want to deal with the PITA of reterminating.

I typically work on a system that is downstream from the 24 and 8 port switches, and have been seeing that my internet connection has been cutting out intermittently (nearly killed several critical job interview calls). While I do get 1 GB fiber at the modem (verified by the on system diagnostics), I typically don’t see speeds anywhere near that speed at my workstation (fast.com/ookla/eero).

I’ve been fishing around to see if there’s an always-on hardware solution that will allow me to do frequent connectivity diagnostics automagically instead of using a PC software package. some searching has led me to firewalla, which looks neet, but not sure if it does that kind of work and is pricy for what I think i need.

Pointed questions:

Are there hardware/wiring failures in my current topology that could be the source of the lost signal?

Is there a hardware solution to keep track of my network connectivity?

Anything else that would help to speed/optimize/fix my situation?

thanks in advance!

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