Subj : Linux Distros and BBBS?
To : All
From : Jeff Smith
Date : Tue Nov 20 2018 03:10 am
Hello There,
As I have recently posted. I have had issues with networking on a BBBS PC that
was running Ubuntu Linux v16.10. BBBS suddenly became unable to make outbound
connections. Upon further checking I found that I was unable to make any
outbound connections including Http, FTP, Telnet, Etc. The PC was able to
connect to the router but nowhere beyond. I ended up moving BBBS to another
Linux Mint v19.0 PC and BBBS can connect fine. On the Ubuntu PC I tried wiping
the PC and doing a fresh install of an updated version of Ubuntu. I found that
I still could not make any outbound connections beyond the router. I wiped the
PC again and did a fresh install of Linux Mint and was then able to connect
fine to anywhere. The initial connection on the Ubuntu PC problem was sudden.
It was connecting fine then suddenly an hour later it couldn't connect. I must
admit that I fail to understand why Ubuntu (Several versions) suddenly failed
to be able to connect when it had been able to connect fine previously. But
Linux Mint can connect fine using the same hardware. I should add that I tried
changing the network cabling as well as alternate network cards and Ubuntu
still was unable to connect.
