Context:
I have an ethernet connection to my router. I'm running testing version of Debian (though the problem persisted with the stable too) and I don't have any network manager. My /etc/network/interfaces is thusly configured:
# The loopback network interface
auto lo iface lo inet loopback# The primary network interface
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.173
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
Problem:
Every once in awhile the connection just fails; the only pinging that works is to localhost. I've tried using DHCP, which receives offers and generally works well. A temporary fix is to physically unplug the ethernet cable from my computer, wait a few seconds, then plug it back in, a few seconds after doing which the connection works fine again.
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