Keep having to unplug network

[th3Bird]

Why do I have to keep unplugging my network cable from my X5? I have to unplug it and then plug it back in for it to work again. Its getting really annoying.

Edited Monday at 03:01 AM by th3Bird

[Emporium]

Have you tried rebooting your router ?   Quite possible that it is the DHCP server on your router that is acting up and not issuing an IP.  Have seen that a few times, especially with older Dlink routers.  By unplugging and re-plugging it in, it forces it to make another request.  If you unplug the power from the box and plug it back in, does it also fix the problem ?

Do you have your box set for suspend or shutdown ?

From home screen, go to settings (gear icon on top), then select BuzzTV Utilities, and then Power Options.  The setting you want to check is "Power Off Mode".  Is it set to suspend or shutdown ?   If you keep going into suspend, eventually things can get messed up.  Do yourself a favor and change that to shutdown.  Sure it takes an extra 30 seconds to power up the box every time, but this way you will always have a clean boot.   It's like Microsoft Windows.  If you keep putting your machine to sleep mode all the time, eventually it will start doing strange things and you will be forced to reboot anyhow

 

 

[th3Bird]

noppe, I have rebooted router unplugged everything and replugged in. refreshed the DHCP server and I have to unplug ethernet from X5 every morning or after I turn it off. Very annoying.

[th3Bird]

Yes I shall try that into power off ty

[th3Bird]

yes that worked ty> i dont see the comparison with windows though. Linux (android) should be more forgiving than Windows and is different 

[Emporium]

For many drivers (including network), you are at the mercy of the chipset vendors.  And historically network drivers are a mess with "sleep" or "Hibernate" options.  Your combination of hardware (router, switches, dhcp server setting [like lease times], etc..) may be making the issue worse, but with very few exception, using sleep in many of these media boxes is always a toss of a coin, and eventually you need to do a reboot to ensure things are clean.  

So personally, for the last decade on ALL of my media boxes, if possible, I select that they go into proper shutdown mode instead of sleep/suspend.  Sure it take an extra 30 seconds to boot, but at least you know things were all freshly initialized t each boot.