As I was cleaning up yesterday I rearranged the computer room.. that meant unplugging and tidying a zillion cables and plugs.. 

Somehow in there I managed to do something that took down our internet..   I spent several hours trying to debug it myself and with the help of our service providers support folks.. no dice

It was soooo strange being wihtout internet.. no google, no alexa.. .. No voice  vontrol of the 40 or so devices we control including lights, doors, even a toy train.  No email , no slack !

I felt like I was heading back to the 1980’s !

Kinda nice 

anyway The really nice WCVT guy we know  came today and In 5 minutes found the root of the problem. He took a simple laser pointer with a cool fixture, shot it down the fiber optic cable that feeds our modem.. and Shazam !.. the litle red dot showed that the tiny peoce of glass fiber had been broken

 

such a simple  solution to a complex problem !

nite all, nite sam

-me