<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Steve Flynn <<a href="mailto:anothermindbomb@gmail.com" target="_blank">anothermindbomb@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 28 June 2012 15:06, TopBot . <<a href="mailto:topbot5@googlemail.com">topbot5@googlemail.com</a>> wrote: > 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. </div></div>What IP does it reset to? Do you have DHCP configured on your router to lease IP addresses for only a few minutes? Have you tried configuring your backtrack installation to always run with a static IP and if so is it still resetting frequently? I've got BT5 at home, but to be honest the last time I used BackTrack was at version 4 and I had no issues with it -- Steve When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> Here's what the IP resets to (settings before and after the reset respectively): root@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@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. -- TopBot.