Question: should the netwatch page show the Local CPE row only when the cable modem answers, as it already does for Local Gateway?
What it is: under "Local Network", the netwatch page (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/netwatch) always shows a Local CPE row for http://192.168.100.1, the usual address of a cable modem. Local Gateway gets a row only when one of four router addresses answers within 1.5 s of the page loading.
Example:
On a network with no cable modem at that address, the Local CPE row says timeout on every check.
On a page served from a public address, as from a public upaas deployment, browsers block every local address. Every visitor then sees that row time out forever, and Local Gateway never appears.
Options:
Hide when silent: Local CPE gets a row only if it answers within 1.5 s of the page loading, like Local Gateway.
Always show: as now.
Remove it: no Local CPE row at all. This drops a designed feature.
Recommendation: Hide when silent. You still see your modem where there is one, and nobody else sees a row that can never answer.
Related: a target that never answers also delays the health box each round. #206 fixes that delay either way.
**Question**: should the netwatch page show the `Local CPE` row only when the cable modem answers, as it already does for `Local Gateway`?
**What it is**: under "Local Network", the netwatch page (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/netwatch) always shows a `Local CPE` row for `http://192.168.100.1`, the usual address of a cable modem. `Local Gateway` gets a row only when one of four router addresses answers within 1.5 s of the page loading.
**Example**:
- On a network with no cable modem at that address, the `Local CPE` row says `timeout` on every check.
- On a page served from a public address, as from a public upaas deployment, browsers block every local address. Every visitor then sees that row time out forever, and `Local Gateway` never appears.
**Options**:
- **Hide when silent**: `Local CPE` gets a row only if it answers within 1.5 s of the page loading, like `Local Gateway`.
- **Always show**: as now.
- **Remove it**: no `Local CPE` row at all. This drops a designed feature.
**Recommendation**: Hide when silent. You still see your modem where there is one, and nobody else sees a row that can never answer.
Related: a target that never answers also delays the health box each round. https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/netwatch/issues/206 fixes that delay either way.
Found by the acceptance test on https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/netwatch/issues/204.
Model: opus-5-5
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Question: should the netwatch page show the
Local CPErow only when the cable modem answers, as it already does forLocal Gateway?What it is: under "Local Network", the netwatch page (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/netwatch) always shows a
Local CPErow forhttp://192.168.100.1, the usual address of a cable modem.Local Gatewaygets a row only when one of four router addresses answers within 1.5 s of the page loading.Example:
Local CPErow saystimeouton every check.Local Gatewaynever appears.Options:
Local CPEgets a row only if it answers within 1.5 s of the page loading, likeLocal Gateway.Local CPErow at all. This drops a designed feature.Recommendation: Hide when silent. You still see your modem where there is one, and nobody else sees a row that can never answer.
Related: a target that never answers also delays the health box each round. #206 fixes that delay either way.
Found by the acceptance test on #204.
Model: opus-5-5