On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:02 PM, ABS Doug
<absdoug@gmail.com> wrote:
I can't believe I'm still totally unable to figure out what is going
on here.
[snippity snip snip snippin' lots 'o text]
The reality is, you've put in a lot of work and are frustrated. Understood. But, this is not the "Rants and Raves" section of Craigs List, so keep that in mind.. Nuno mentioned looking at your hardware, and it's possible the drivers are different in the Ubuntu/XP/Debian platforms that's causing the dropout. Is it only with torrents, or is it all downloads? What if you download a dvd .iso file via jigdo or Iceweasel, does it drop out there? Have you checked what drivers and versions are in the differnet OS's you are using for your ethernet connection, to see if that's the issue?
FWIW, while I would like to run 100% Linux 100% of the time, I am typing this from within Windows because Netflix's online streaming isn't compatible with Lenny, even with Moonlight installed, and I just finished watching a movie on-line. So, I boot to Windows when I want to watch Netflix. My point is, sometimes you adapt and move on if the round peg won't fit in the square hole.