On 2018 Nov 20 07:02:48, you wrote to me:

 >> this really seems to be pointing to the router being where the problem
 >> lies... if it has some sort of management interface that is exposed to
 >> the world, it i possible that some creatin has taken over the device al
 >> la MIRAI... what is your router device?

 JS> That was my thought at one time also.

ahhh...

 JS> Again the fact that I don't understand is the connection problem just
 JS> suddenly appeared and no changes had been made on my end that
 JS> could/might have caused the problem.

no driver updates or anything like that? what nic are you using and what
drivers are loading for it?

 JS> During the installs both Ubuntu and Mint saw the network interface and
 JS> got DHCP assigned IP's. But Ubuntu couldn't connect to acquire any
 JS> updated and third party files. But... Linux Mint could acquire any
 JS> files it needed without any apparent problem.

and this was with ubuntu 18.04? server or one with a GUI?
is that #$(%!^ network-manager or systemd involved?
is udev assigning the proper interface name to the nic?

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