Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

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 00:23:06
Message-Id: 20170322002246.15338fe6@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: losing network IP address by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:48:05 -0600, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
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3 > > So actually you already ruled the cable out. Maybe the connector?
4 >
5 > Well, not likely the connector; as I use two different cables.
6 > Restarting the net0 gave me incorrect IP. But I agree it might be the
7 > connection. However, I connected another small box Atom to the same
8 > cable and it obtained correct IP on first boot.
9 >
10 > This box "eden" I was watching booting, it got correct IP on boot but
11 > soon after 5-min later the IP changed "dropped" to 169.254.156.68
12
13 What about the NIC in the box? Have you tried replacing that? It's
14 starting to look like everything else in the chain is working correctly.
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18 Neil Bothwick
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20 Ninety-Ninety Rule Of Project Schedules - The first ninety percent of
21 the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent
22 takes the other ninety percent of the time.