unstable internet connection

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iluzion · Post by **iluzion** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:03 pm

I run gentoo and windows dual boot on my computer. When on windows, I dont ever have problems with my internet connection, but when on gentoo, I am often losing connection. When it first goes down, I cannot use any program to access the internet, but am still able to ping servers, after a while I stop being able to ping. Then to get online again, I have to run dhcpcd. Is there anything that I could have compiled wrong that would cause this? I have no problems with this when my computer is at home, just here in the dorm.

darkphader · Post by **darkphader** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:49 pm

Possibly running something that causes the dorm's firewall to shut you down?

iluzion · Post by **iluzion** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:21 am

running nothing other than ssh, gaim, and firefox.

iluzion · Post by **iluzion** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:51 am

is there anyone out there who might have some insight on this?

aim nano · Post by **aim nano** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:09 am

I have the same issue...

When I return to my computer after being idle for 2+ hours (generally) or so, I have no internet connectivity, so I run

~# /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart

to get back online. Any ideas?

yuwy · Post by **yuwy** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:28 am

whats your ethernet hardware?

aim nano · Post by **aim nano** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:34 pm

~ # lspci | grep net
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)