When I try to update my databases it will complain

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I ran the script a bit longer and I guess my router has now started to loose some packets

I have marked those pings with a double asteriks(**)

$ curl -s https://notabug.org/megavolt/random-scripts/raw/master/pinglog.sh | sh
[2022-11-18 19:16:01] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4006ms
[2022-11-18 19:16:01] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4054ms
[2022-11-18 19:16:19] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4007ms
[2022-11-18 19:16:19] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4058ms
**[2022-11-18 19:16:37] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 4 received, 20% packet loss, time 4005ms
[2022-11-18 19:16:37] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4044ms
[2022-11-18 19:16:56] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4006ms
[2022-11-18 19:16:56] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4041ms
[2022-11-18 19:17:15] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4006ms
[2022-11-18 19:17:15] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4059ms
[2022-11-18 19:17:33] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4006ms
[2022-11-18 19:17:33] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4047ms
[2022-11-18 19:17:51] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4007ms
[2022-11-18 19:17:51] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4058ms
[2022-11-18 19:18:10] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4007ms
[2022-11-18 19:18:10] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4053ms
[2022-11-18 19:18:28] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4007ms
[2022-11-18 19:18:28] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4045ms
[2022-11-18 19:18:46] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4007ms
[2022-11-18 19:18:46] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4057ms
[2022-11-18 19:19:04] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4007ms
[2022-11-18 19:19:04] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4056ms
[2022-11-18 19:19:23] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4008ms
[2022-11-18 19:19:23] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4049ms
**[2022-11-18 19:19:41] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 4 received, 20% packet loss, time 4021ms
[2022-11-18 19:19:41] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4059ms
[2022-11-18 19:20:00] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4006ms
[2022-11-18 19:20:00] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4044ms
[2022-11-18 19:20:19] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4007ms
[2022-11-18 19:20:19] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4052ms
[2022-11-18 19:20:37] (192.168.1.1 5) 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4008ms
[2022-11-18 19:20:37] (ping.manjaro.org 5) 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4050ms

Any possible fix??

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It is your router, your provider or the dns server… so you have do tests. But since other devices work, I would rather say it is the router, since the connection to the router seems rather stable.

Can you post the output of:

nslookup ping.manjaro.org
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nslookup is not installed.

bash: nslookup: command not found
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pamac install bind
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This doesn’t work and returns

Error: target not found: bind
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Connect to ethernet and do a full upgrade first. Then install bind.

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Using my pocket wifi(4G), I fully updated my system, and ran pamac install bind, but I got this

$ sudo pamac install bind
Preparing...
Synchronizing package databases...
Error: could not read db 'core' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: could not read db 'core' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: extra database is inconsistent: version mismatch on package bootsplash-theme-arch
Error: could not read db 'extra' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: extra database is inconsistent: version mismatch on package bootsplash-theme-arch
Error: could not read db 'extra' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: could not read db 'community' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: could not read db 'community' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: could not read db 'multilib' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: could not read db 'multilib' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: could not read db 'core' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: could not read db 'core' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: extra database is inconsistent: version mismatch on package bootsplash-theme-arch
Error: could not read db 'extra' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: extra database is inconsistent: version mismatch on package bootsplash-theme-arch
Error: could not read db 'extra' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: could not read db 'community' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: could not read db 'community' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: could not read db 'multilib' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: could not read db 'multilib' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: could not read db 'core' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: could not read db 'core' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: extra database is inconsistent: version mismatch on package bootsplash-theme-arch
Error: could not read db 'extra' (Damaged tar archive)
Error: extra database is inconsistent: version mismatch on package bootsplash-theme-

and alot more...

Then I tried to install bind using pacman i.e sudo pacman -S bind(Using the pocket wifi) and that worked fine. Here is the output of nslookup

$ nslookup ping.manjaro.org
Server:		8.8.8.8
Address:	8.8.8.8#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:	ping.manjaro.org
Address: 116.203.91.91
Name:	ping.manjaro.org
Address: 2a01:4f8:c0c:51f3::1
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The error message is already contained in your first post, please do not add it back to the topic title. Please see How to Post.

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That is the result of the unstable connection. pacman and pamac have 2 different places for their database: pamac update --force-refresh

No idea, to be honest. But the problem is definitely , not your wifi card, but the router or internet provider.

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Just to mention I also tried to spoof my MAC address but the issue persists.

what problems should I diagnose I really have no idea from where to start with