[mdlug] Mint 6, SSH and disconnects

[Jeff Hanson]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Brandon <bfotiu at gmail.com> wrote:
> My ISP is WideOpenWest and I have cable internet access they have been
> fairly lenient in the past but this is my first attempt to use SSH.  I
> have Firestarter installed so I can look for any rules regarding port
> timeouts.  If it's the ISP resetting the connection shouldn't I just be
> able to reconnect and be on my way again?  Why would network manager go
> into offline mode?
>

It could be a bug with the network chip driver.  The next time NM goes
offline, check the kernel messages to see if there was an event
relating to your network device (eth0, etc.).  In a terminal run:
dmesg | tail