Subj : Outbound Connections??
To : Alan Ianson
From : Jeff Smith
Date : Mon Nov 12 2018 10:14 am
Hello Alan,
> I was thinking it may have been a kernel or kernel module change that caused
> the problem but if the issue happens on other OSs that's not the case.
At first I too thought that Linux might have been the cause. But I had changed
Linux distro's but using the same hardware and had the same issue.
> Maybe the NIC (built in?) just gave up for some reason. Glad you got it
> sorted.. :)
I tried disabling the integrated NIC and used a USB based NIC and had the same
issue. Once I changed the motherboard (I actually moved the existing BBBS as a
whole to another PC) the issue disappeared. The existing motherboard seems to
work fine in all other aspects of operation. The PC had a 500 GB SSD boot drive
with 6 TB of SATA HD's so it made a decent PC for BBS/FTN use. At some point I
will replace the motherboard in the problem PC.
I was having another issue with an intermittent failure of both inbound and
outbound connectivity which included both Binkp as well as Http connectivity. I
initially thought it was also related to the NIC issue. But it turned out to be
a fault in the DSL modem/router. Once I replaced the modem/router that issue
also ceased.
