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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: losing network IP address
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 17:27:46
Message-Id: 20170322172725.469892b4@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: losing network IP address by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 10:45:47 -0600, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
2
3 > > Rule out the software issue by booting a rescue CD. See if the problem
4 > > occurs there, too.
5 >
6 > Now, I'm even more confused then before. It could be the router (Linksys
7 > firewall dd-wrt) or the box.
8
9 You said that connecting the box to a different router showed the same
10 problem, yet connecting a different box to the same router (and cable)
11 did not. That indicates that both the router and cable are sound but the
12 box may not be.
13
14 Which leaves two likely causes, a software configuration error or a
15 hardware fault. You have already been advised to try a live CD to check
16 for the former, have you done this?
17
18
19 --
20 Neil Bothwick
21
22 The people who are wrapped up in themselves are overdressed.

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