M Castle wrote: > well... thats quite a comprehensive answer! > > Thank you, Chris. > > ok: the machines with the problems are both hard wired. > > wireless has no problems at all with the internet, and so I'm assuming have > no > relevence to the hard wired machine's intermittant connection. > > admin accounts have no internet interuption. only user accounts, so Im > assuming it's software in the OS itself. > > the wireless machines are customers, so I couldn't tell you the hardware they > are using, but as I said - they have no problems :/ > > the box's in question are used in cafe's around bristol. > > there are six, all in different places, but only two have problems (that I > know of). > > and yes - I am using network manager in gnome to connect automatically. > > Given all this (and the reason for my confusion with the problem), > > 1> can't be hardware/drivers because the admin account runs ok. > 2> interference? i'm not using wireless - and anyways the admin account stays > connected ok > 3> not wireless managers (not wireless) > > which leaves me with software. what could give a an intermeittant conection > on > a hard eth cable line for only some users (non admin ones)?
I am guessing from much blissful ignorance: a firewall maybe in someway discriminating for users. Similar - a guardian program (I have never used, more guesses) such as dans guardian. I came across one a while back which blocked any site with 'approve' on it to prevent users signing agreements! -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
