Checking internet connection without a winbox

[jdow]

From: "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen at gmail.com>

>> If you are dropping packets on your ethernet connection to
>> your own router, you almost certainly have a duplex mismatch
>> on the switch connection to the router or pc.
> 
> Huh? Do you mean a twisted cable (I don't know how you call them in
> English, but it's the cable that you use to connect two computers
> together instead of computer-router) instead of a regular cable? I'm
> pretty sure that it's a regular cable, but I'll check that.

What happens when you ping the router?

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