Backtrack IP resets every few minutes

TopBot . topbot5 at googlemail.com
Thu Jun 28 16:53:17 UTC 2012


On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Guus <gbonnema at xs4all.nl> wrote:

>  On 06/28/2012 04:54 PM, TopBot . wrote:
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Guus <gbonnema at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
>>   On 06/28/2012 04:06 PM, TopBot . wrote:
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>> Hi, I've been using backtrack 5 since a year on the same system and the
>> same lan card. Since yesterday, my IP resets every 2-3 minutes and I have
>> to repeatedly add "ifconfig eth0 192.168.xx.xx" and "route add default gw
>> 192.168.xx.xx" to it to keep it running. Can't seem to find the solution
>> after a few google searches. Any one has any idea what's wrong? I have dual
>> boot and windows xp is working just fine on the same lan.
>>
>> --
>> TopBot.
>>
>>
>>   Hi,
>>
>> I have had a comparable problem from W7. In my case I had IPV6 and IPV4
>> both open, which was causing the problems. As soon as I had only one open,
>> I had no problem.
>>
>> I am not saying this is your problem, just something to look at.
>>
>> The other thing is, that a change in computer behaviour is always the
>> result of a change in the configuration or software. You might want to
>> retrace your steps and find out what you or the system changed in the past
>> few days. Could easily be an (automated) update somewhere.
>>
>> P.S. are you posting for Kubuntu or ubuntu? Crossposts are often not
>> appreciated. I removed the ubuntu address from my post.
>>
>> --
>> Kind regards, Guus Bonnema.
>>
>
>
> Here's what the IP resets to (settings before and after the reset
> respectively):
>
> root at bt:~# ifconfig -a
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1a:92:95:81:ca
>           inet addr:192.168.93.92  Bcast:192.168.93.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::21a:92ff:fe95:81ca/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:34391 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:18367 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:15099569 (15.0 MB)  TX bytes:4144722 (4.1 MB)
>           Interrupt:20
>
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:8203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:8203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:491832 (491.8 KB)  TX bytes:491832 (491.8 KB)
>
> root at bt:~# ifconfig -a
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1a:92:95:81:ca
>           inet6 addr: fe80::21a:92ff:fe95:81ca/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:41153 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:22356 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:17502811 (17.5 MB)  TX bytes:4992366 (4.9 MB)
>           Interrupt:20
>
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:8398 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:8398 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:502020 (502.0 KB)  TX bytes:502020 (502.0 KB)
>
> ...settings are lost/initialized after the reset I think. My lan uses
> switches and a server which is connected to the main server; our IPs are
> static on the lan with no restrictions. All my auto updates are off and I
> did not change any settings. It just started to happen since a day ago.
>
> Yes, I posted to both lists (I'm subscribed to both), my bad if that's not
> the norm here.
>
> --
> TopBot.
>
> Hmmm,  could you check your logs for messages? Start looking at
> /var/log/syslog.  I found lots of IP related messages in my syslog. Also
> dmesg might contain a hint. Try to find out why it resets. Then you have
> more to go on.
>
> --
> Kind regards, Guus Bonnema.
>


It does not reset when I unplug my lan wire and try ifconfig -a after some
time... does it have something to do with my switch?

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