Subj : Linux Distros and BBBS?
To   : All
From : Jeff Smith
Date : Tue Nov 20 2018 03:10 am

Hello There,

As I have recently posted. I have had issues with networking on a BBBS PC that 
was running Ubuntu Linux v16.10. BBBS suddenly became unable to make outbound 
connections. Upon further checking I found that I was unable to make any 
outbound connections including Http, FTP, Telnet, Etc. The PC was able to 
connect to the router but nowhere beyond. I ended up moving BBBS to another 
Linux Mint v19.0 PC and BBBS can connect fine. On the Ubuntu PC I tried wiping 
the PC and doing a fresh install of an updated version of Ubuntu. I found that 
I still could not make any outbound connections beyond the router. I wiped the 
PC again and did a fresh install of Linux Mint and was then able to connect 
fine to anywhere. The initial connection on the Ubuntu PC problem was sudden. 
It was connecting fine then suddenly an hour later it couldn't connect. I must 
admit that I fail to understand why Ubuntu (Several versions) suddenly failed 
to be able to connect when it had been able to connect fine previously. But 
Linux Mint can connect fine using the same hardware. I should add that I tried 
changing the network cabling as well as alternate network cards and Ubuntu 
still was unable to connect.

Jeff

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