Subj : Outbound Connections??
To   : All
From : Jeff Smith
Date : Wed Nov 14 2018 19:10:24

Hello There,

> I have finally decided to actually go ahead and change Linux versions to 
> Linux Mint v19. Now the former BBBS PC can now see the internet just fine 
> using the same PC based network hardware that was previously in use.

> I am still not really sure what the issue was with Ubuntu that caused the
> initial BBBS PC problem. I suspect that since I upgraded as opposed to wiping
> and reformatting the BBBS PC initially the problem remained. 

> Since the former BBBS PC isn't committed to a task. Just for S's & G's I will
> likely do a fresh install of the current version of Ubuntu to test my theory.

I wiped the newly installed Linux Mint installation on the problem PC and did a 
fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS formatting all the HD's during the install 
process. Once installed the newly installed Ubuntu OS once again COULD NOT make 
an outbound network connection. <Banging head on table top>

Reinstalled Linux Mint v19 and the network once again works fine. There has to 
be some negative relationship between Ubuntu and the existing network hardware 
that I just don't see.

 
Jeff 

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