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|    Jeff Smith to All    |
|    Outbound Connections??    |
|    14 Nov 18 19:10:24    |
      Hello There,              > I have finally decided to actually go ahead and change Linux versions to        > Linux Mint v19. Now the former BBBS PC can now see the internet just fine        > using the same PC based network hardware that was previously in use.              > I am still not really sure what the issue was with Ubuntu that caused the       > initial BBBS PC problem. I suspect that since I upgraded as opposed to wiping       > and reformatting the BBBS PC initially the problem remained.               > Since the former BBBS PC isn't committed to a task. Just for S's & G's I will       > likely do a fresh install of the current version of Ubuntu to test my theory.              I wiped the newly installed Linux Mint installation on the problem PC and did       a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS formatting all the HD's during the       install process. Once installed the newly installed Ubuntu OS once again COULD       NOT make an outbound network connection. |
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