• Prophet Zarquon@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Them: “The WiFi is down.”
    Me: ‘… No, I still see the TV & the laptop & Pi, on the network.’
    Them: “I can’t connect to Flipboard.”
    Me: ‘Ohhh, the internet is down. It’s probably at the cable modem. Wait a moment for it to failover to wireless, then try again.’
    Them: “Yep, now the WiFi is back.”

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      1 year ago

      Most consumer devices these days, if they detect the internet is down over a wifi connection (e.g. by inability to reach 1.1.1.1), will automatically disconnect from that wifi network, or at least show the same UI as if it had.

      • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Pedantic but correct. Only your connection to the internet is down.

        Even when there are massive “internet outages” sometimes it’s just DNS being bad. The internet works just fine, it’s just not working in a way that you can make use of it.