Re: [PLUG] Ethernet connection dropping

2017-08-11 Thread Dick Steffens
On 08/10/2017 10:57 PM, Ken Eshelby wrote: > It can help to have a good/known DHCP server for troubleshooting. I've > used various Cisco (router, switch or AP), Mikrotik, and Ubiquiti devices > as DHCP servers in the past without service issues. My main DHCP server is > actually an old web server

Re: [PLUG] Ethernet connection dropping

2017-08-10 Thread Ken Eshelby
It can help to have a good/known DHCP server for troubleshooting. I've used various Cisco (router, switch or AP), Mikrotik, and Ubiquiti devices as DHCP servers in the past without service issues. My main DHCP server is actually an old web server running Ubuntu 8.04 on a 32-bit HTPC box. Just hav

Re: [PLUG] Ethernet connection dropping

2017-08-06 Thread Dick Steffens
On 08/06/2017 08:29 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 08/05/2017 11:56 PM, Russell Senior wrote: >> "Dick" == Dick Steffens writes: >> >> Dick> Two times over the last three days my machine has dropped its >> Dick> Ethernet connection. It doesn't say it's dropped, but I can't see >> Dick> beyond the m

Re: [PLUG] Ethernet connection dropping

2017-08-06 Thread fredjame
Just a note. I found out this week that the DHCP client in Linux eventually times out trying to get a lease. These machines won't recovery without manual intervention unless there is a watchdog set. On Aug 6, 2017 8:32 AM, "Dick Steffens" wrote: > On 08/05/2017 11:56 PM, Russell Senior wrote: >

Re: [PLUG] Ethernet connection dropping

2017-08-06 Thread Larry Brigman
Just a note. I found out this week that the DHCP client in Linux eventually times out trying to get a lease. These machines won't recovery without manual intervention unless there is a watchdog set. On Aug 6, 2017 8:32 AM, "Dick Steffens" wrote: > On 08/05/2017 11:56 PM, Russell Senior wrote: >

Re: [PLUG] Ethernet connection dropping

2017-08-06 Thread Dick Steffens
On 08/05/2017 11:56 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > "Dick" == Dick Steffens writes: > > Dick> Two times over the last three days my machine has dropped its > Dick> Ethernet connection. It doesn't say it's dropped, but I can't see > Dick> beyond the machine, not even other machines in the house. Using

Re: [PLUG] Ethernet connection dropping

2017-08-06 Thread Russell Senior
> "Dick" == Dick Steffens writes: Dick> Two times over the last three days my machine has dropped its Dick> Ethernet connection. It doesn't say it's dropped, but I can't see Dick> beyond the machine, not even other machines in the house. Using Dick> the widget on the top bar on the Ubuntu MAT

[PLUG] Ethernet connection dropping

2017-08-05 Thread Dick Steffens
Two times over the last three days my machine has dropped its Ethernet connection. It doesn't say it's dropped, but I can't see beyond the machine, not even other machines in the house. Using the widget on the top bar on the Ubuntu MATE 16.04 screen I manually drop and then reconnect, and all i