Eth1 light variably blinks and variably solid

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Unrelated to any change that is made on the system, sometimes my eth1 light indicates internet access ie it is solid, and others, it will spontaneously switch to blinking, at which time am not able to connect to vera.

Vera is plugged into my router via cat 5.

Any comments much appreciated.

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[quote=“ZS, post:1, topic:168467”]Unrelated to any change that is made on the system, sometimes my eth1 light indicates internet access ie it is solid, and others, it will spontaneously switch to blinking, at which time am not able to connect to vera.

Vera is plugged into my router via cat 5.

Any comments much appreciated.[/quote]

Hello ZS, Please refer to section 1.2 of this wiki page:

http://wiki.mios.com/index.php/Troubleshooting

From your description it could be this issue described there

Slow, steady blink = Firmware is corrupted: When you connect the power, if the ETH1 Light starts blinking slow and steady right away, this means the firmware is corrupted and Vera cannot boot. This happens if you unplug Vera while during a firmware update. If it does, see Firmware Flash for a utility to restore Vera's firmware.

Or simply a broken cat 5 cable (did you try and exchange it with another one or try and connect your PC to the router with the cable to find out if it works?)

IF you ffirmware is corrupted, please refer to this wiki page:
for Vera 1 hardware (older type, with external usb Z-Wave dongle) here:
http://wiki.mios.com/index.php/Firmware_Flash_Vera_1
for Vera 2 hardware (newer type with integrated Z-Wave chip look here:
http://wiki.mios.com/index.php/Firmware_Flash_Vera2

If you have any questions, just post it here!

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When ETH1 is blinking, Internet access has not been detected. Ergo, “at which time am not able to connect to vera.” At this time, you will also lose LAN connection to Vera until Vera has gone through all her checks. I find this part to be a real PITA.

JOD.

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Henk, thanks.

I did check the cat 5 cable by checking whether a different one might work but got the same thing, and both cat 5s worked OK with a laptop.

The firmware is the latest update, according to the notification when I log in to dashboard

Any other ideas? The other poster seems to indicated that Vera just does this periodically and that it is a PITA, but he lives with it. Is that correct?

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[quote=“ZS, post:4, topic:168467”]Henk, thanks.

I did check the cat 5 cable by checking whether a different one might work but got the same thing, and both cat 5s worked OK with a laptop.

The firmware is the latest update, according to the notification when I log in to dashboard

Any other ideas? The other poster seems to indicated that Vera just does this periodically and that it is a PITA, but he lives with it. Is that correct?[/quote]

Another suggestion was made by @JOD. It could be possible your ISP or router drops your internetconnection every now and again. You could try and monitor that from a computer (ping -t www.google.com)