Re: No Internet on reboot

From	Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.networking
Subject	Re: No Internet on reboot
Date	2026-03-08 16:54 +0000
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Message-ID	<5cb66fb021bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> (permalink)
References	<9404efb55c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> <5cb5f917d2bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <02dc64b65c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>

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In article <02dc64b65c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>,
   Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:
> On 7 Mar 2026 as I do recall,
>           Bob Latham  wrote:

> > In article <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.
> > 
> > [Snip]
> > 
> > Don't laugh, but have you checked your cmos battery?
> > 
> Does an ARMX6 have a CMOS battery?

I would be surprised if it didn't. Every machine I've ever owned that
had a real time clock had a battery for the cmos and the clock.
Certainly my mini.m machines do and they have trouble with booting
and networking when the batteries fail.

Bob.

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  Re: No Internet on reboot David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2026-03-07 18:47 +0000
    Re: No Internet on reboot Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2026-03-08 14:55 +0000
  Re: No Internet on reboot Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-03-07 19:18 +0000
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      Re: No Internet on reboot Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-03-08 16:54 +0000
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