> Here's what happens when I boot in right now. When I boot in, ifconfig > shows eth0 and lo, but no IP address in eth0. After running "dhcpcd eth0" > ifconfig shows an IP!!! But when I run apt-get update, the thing fails (I > probably waited too long) and when I ran ifconfig again, eth0 was gone > completely. Running dhcpcd again didn't help. eth0 was still gone. The trick > right now seems to be to keep eth0 with an IP address. I need/want to be > using dhcpcd. That's what has always ran for this RoadRunner connection.
I just wanted to get you guys know that I've been able to confirm this connection dropping. I booted into Debian. ifconfig gave me eth0 and lo, but no IP. I ran dhcpcd eth0 and then apt-get update started connecting. I managed to do that and do a dist-upgrade to get the latest version of stable. Then I tried editing /etc/apt/sources.list to change it to unstable and by the time I did that, the next apt-get update couldn't connect. ifconfig showed that eth0 was gone. I did get a beef (it was a different kind of beep) after the dist-upgrade and before the next apt-get update. That must have signaled that the connection was dropped. Any ideas? Again, in WindowsMillenium, this connection runs fine. - Bart
