[Edison]

We have a user on our LAN that is having problems staying connected to our network. She is running 10.3.9 on a Powerbook G4 on which she also has an airport card. Last week we were hit by a pretty good power surge and it hasn't been running right since. She can connect to 2-3 minutes and is then dropped. She can re-connect by unplugging then replugging the ethernet cable. I've trashed the systen configuration folder and re-established her settings, also trashed Appletalk preferences, ran hardware test, Techtools. Problem remains. Here is what the log looks like:

Sep 28 09:57:19 localhost kernel: UniNEnet::monitorLinkStatus - Link is
up at 100 Mbps - Full Duplex
Sep 28 09:57:19 localhost configd[87]: AppleTalk startup
Sep 28 09:57:24 localhost configd[87]: AppleTalk startup complete

Sep 28 10:00:42 localhost kernel: UniNEnet::monitorLinkStatus - Link is
down.
Sep 28 10:00:42 localhost configd[87]: AppleTalk shutdown
Sep 28 10:00:42 localhost configd[87]: AppleTalk shutdown complete

Any ideas?

I forgot to add, when using her airport connection at home, everything works fine, no dropoffs.

[ghporter]

There is apparently a very subtle problem somewhere that is now causing her computer to drop out. You do not clearly state whether or not she's having problems wired or wireless, but I'm surmising ("She can re-connect...") that it's a wired problem.

There could be two things happening. Either the whole network is rejecting her computer now and then, or her computer is rejecting the network now and then. I'd vote for the latter-have a very close look at how her PB's built in ethernet is configured; it may have gotten confused by the power bump.