Monitoring packet loss on your home internet connection

  1. Get a raspberry pi, install raspbian on it and put it on your home network
  2. Install smokeping (apt-get install smokeping)
  3. Configure smokeping (edit /etc/smokeping/config.d/Targets) so that at least one of the targets is a stable internet host (eg Google DNS 8.8.8.8). Restart
  4. View http://rasp-pi-ip/smokeping/smokeping.cgi
  5. Get sad results like the below 🙁
smokeping screenshot

smokeping screenshot

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