[ltp] T41p: Spurious LAN connection problems

[James Knott]

Jim Rockford wrote:
>
> I have had a T41p for over 3 years and it has performed flawlessly,
> until now.  Recently it has spuriously been dropping by ethernet (LAN)
> connection.  It does seem to happen more often if the laptop has been
> running for a few hours, so perhaps it's a heat related issue. 
> Nonetheless, I fear that the board may need replacing, but I don't
> know how to pinpoint the problem more accurately.  This LAN problem
> occurs both in Fedora Core 5 and WinXP, so it's not an OS issue or
> some sort of virus.
>
> Has anyone else experienced spurious LAN connection problems?  How did
> you deal with the problem?
>

With intermittent connections, the first thing to try is a different
cable.  Have you done that?


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