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From: David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.networking
Subject: Re: No Internet on reboot
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:47:46 GMT
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In message <9404efb55c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>
          Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:

> I had a worrying episode this afternoon when my ARMX6 repeatedly failed to
> connect to the router after rebooting - Newshound couldn't resolve the
> newsserver hostname, AntiSpam timed out on its mailboxes, NetSurf told me
> it could only access local files because no domain server was available. 
> Eventually on the third or fourth attempt, after powering down the computer
> and leaving it for a while but without changing anything else, I was able
> to get it to start up correctly.
> 
> Is this something I should be worried about?   Is there anything I can do
> about it if so?

If you're sure that the failure was to connect to the router, rather
than connect through the router to the Internet: computers do this
occasionally.  PCs do it too.  I don't think anyone really knows why.

If it happens more frequently, the first thing to check is the power
supply: is it really giving 5 volts?

David