Hello There,

I figured another update was required  as I didn't want misinformation 
(From Me) to cause the wrong assumptions or conclusions.

>> 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.

First of there really were two fundamental problems. One being the BBBS PC 
suddenly not being able to make outbound connections and only limited
inbound connections. 

The second problem was that parts of the internet were unreachable while
other parts could be reached fine. This condition was experienced by all
PC's here regardless of OS.

The first problem DID turn out to be a Linux issue. Specifically a Ubuntu
issue. When I previously stated that I had tried other distros. I errored 
in my statement. I should have stated that I had upgraded the version of 
Ubuntu that I had to a newer version. Both the Ubuntu version that I been 
using and the version that I upgraded to both had the same problem of not 
being able to see beyond the router. The BBBS PC could see the router as
well as all the local networked PC's but nothing beyond the router. 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.

The second problem of not being able to see the whole internet as I have 
stated turned out to be the router. Once I was able to convince my ISP that
the router was suspect and needed to be replaced. And was able to  convince
them to actually send me a replacement. The problem with the missing  parts
of the internet looks to have also been fixed.

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.



Jeff 

--- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-3