Hello Alan,   
      
   > I was thinking it may have been a kernel or kernel module change that caused   
   > the problem but if the issue happens on other OSs that's not the case.   
      
   At first I too thought that Linux might have been the cause. But I had changed   
   Linux distro's but using the same hardware and had the same issue.   
      
   > Maybe the NIC (built in?) just gave up for some reason. Glad you got it   
   > sorted.. :)   
      
   I tried disabling the integrated NIC and used a USB based NIC and had the same   
   issue. Once I changed the motherboard (I actually moved the existing BBBS as a   
   whole to another PC) the issue disappeared. The existing motherboard seems to   
   work fine in all other aspects of operation. The PC had a 500 GB SSD boot   
   drive with 6 TB of SATA HD's so it made a decent PC for BBS/FTN use. At some   
   point I will replace the motherboard in the problem PC.   
      
   I was having another issue with an intermittent failure of both inbound and   
   outbound connectivity which included both Binkp as well as Http connectivity.   
   I initially thought it was also related to the NIC issue. But it turned out to   
   be a fault in the DSL modem/router. Once I replaced the modem/router that   
   issue also ceased.   
      
      
      
   Jeff    
      
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