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Package sending/receiving but No Internet

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/package-sending-receiving-but-no-internet.206204/

nac
nac Original post #1
Jun 2, 2019 at 9:34 PM
Last week internet was down. Don't know why, tried some trouble shooting like
Restarting system
Restarting modem
Unplug and replug all the pins/connection

Something I noticed while doing this. I see in Ethernet status - activity that packages are being sent/received but no internet connection. Here is the snapshot.

*i.imgur.com/Umrjh2T.png

I would like to know if this is normal? and where the packages are sent (or from where I am receiving) with no internet?

I googled, but the discussions are about how to fix the connection. Didn't find any answer to my question.
meetdilip
meetdilip #2
Jun 2, 2019 at 10:14 PM
Which OS ?

Which ISP ?

The first thing you need to do in such cases is to check with your ISP on whether the connection is down at their end.
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whitestar_999 #3
Jun 3, 2019 at 12:20 AM
Packets received are too low compared to packets sent.On a usual internet connection used for browsing,the no. of packets received are always much more than packets sent(after all you just click a link to sent a packet of request but the entire web page downloads with lots of images/animations with many more packets of data received).
Desmond
Desmond #4
Jun 3, 2019 at 11:16 AM
Perhaps the packets are being sent/received to/from your router.
nac
nac #5
Jun 3, 2019 at 12:50 PM
Desmond David said:
Perhaps the packets are being sent/received to/from your router.
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Yeah, this sounds right. Thank you.
meetdilip said:
Which OS ?
Which ISP ?
The first thing you need to do in such cases is to check with your ISP on whether the connection is down at their end.
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Win 10
BSNL
Yeah, it was down. If I pick up the phone to complain right off the bat, they will suggest whole host of troubleshooting option. So I do the troubleshooting I know, then I will call. And it happened during non working hours, so booked the complaint. They called me after 4-5hrs and told that they have a problem in exchange level. It's fixed now

I was little skeptical about the packages being sent/received when there is no internet. Doubted if this could be virus attack :)
meetdilip
meetdilip #6
Jun 3, 2019 at 2:09 PM
It is normal to have sent and recieve packets even when the internet is down. :)
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whitestar_999 #7
Jun 3, 2019 at 2:50 PM
Unless you disable your network adapter there will always be some packets sent & if pc is connected to any other active pc/device via a network adapter then there will always be some packets received.