[aklug] Re: OT whine

They don't let me see what the network is here at my office. It's just, "Here's your Cat5 jack, have fun.".

I did put in a request to IT for support. Haven't heard anything. It is still doing it today, but not with as much frequency.

My default route seems to keep going away. Odd thing is, I seem to still be able to ping it. I just can't reach beyond it until I refresh my network connection.

Windows users in my part of the building seem to be having some similar issues. I was just talking to someone else that told me she has lost connectivity a few times this afternoon for short periods. She tells me that IE will periodically tell her its having a problem reaching the internet, then it does something and the Internet comes back. I'm guessing Windows has some facility for automatically restarting the connection when it goes away.

Jim G

----- Original Message -----
From: bruce@slackwarebox.com
To: "Alasky Linux Users Group" <aklug@aklug.org>
Sent: Monday, November 1, 2010 6:29:46 PM
Subject: [aklug] Re: OT whine

On November 2, 2010 at 1:55 AM Dan Wolf <dan-wolf@gci.net> wrote:

> Jim,
>
> Well without some additional details it is hard to really narrow it down.=
 So
> starting with the basics the first thing I would do is check the filament
> voltage. In most cases you can do this by turning off the normal lighting=
 and
> then open the access port to your computer and checking that each of the =
tubes
> has a standard glow. However if your system is more modern it is possible=
 the
> issue could be either local to your PC or in your upstream network device=
.
> Could you provide any additional info on your PC and whether it has this
> problem when connected to other networks? Is your PC connected to a LAN w=
ith
> other PCs and if so do any of them require "Refreshing"?
>
> At this point some more info as to the type of network you are connected =
to
> and the devices (Switches, routers) would allow for more of us to opine
> something helpful :-)
>
> ~Dan
=C2=A0
Hi Dan,
=C2=A0
Don't know about ole Jim there, but seems I'm in trouble here in China. The=
re
are presently 5 comps running on this little LAN at home and _none_ of them=
 have
any tubes! Much less glowing! Guess it's time to trade these mobos in for n=
ew
ones. ;)
=C2=A0
Bruce
=C2=A0
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