Subj : Outbound Connections??
To   : All
From : Jeff Smith
Date : Wed Nov 14 2018 10:50 am

Hello There,

I figured another update was required  as I didn't want misinformation  (From 
Me) to cause the wrong assumptions or conclusions.

>> 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.

First of there really were two fundamental problems. One being the BBBS PC  
suddenly not being able to make outbound connections and only limited inbound 
connections. 

The second problem was that parts of the internet were unreachable while other 
parts could be reached fine. This condition was experienced by all PC's here 
regardless of OS.

The first problem DID turn out to be a Linux issue. Specifically a Ubuntu 
issue. When I previously stated that I had tried other distros. I errored  in 
my statement. I should have stated that I had upgraded the version of  Ubuntu 
that I had to a newer version. Both the Ubuntu version that I been  using and 
the version that I upgraded to both had the same problem of not  being able to 
see beyond the router. The BBBS PC could see the router as well as all the 
local networked PC's but nothing beyond the router. 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.

The second problem of not being able to see the whole internet as I have  
stated turned out to be the router. Once I was able to convince my ISP that the 
router was suspect and needed to be replaced. And was able to  convince them to 
actually send me a replacement. The problem with the missing  parts of the 
internet looks to have also been fixed.

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.



Jeff 

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