Can you try an older kernel sth. before 2.4.7-pre3. I suspect a kernel related problem in networking on B&W G3 after 2.4.7-pre3, but I'm not quite sure it's the same in your case. Can someone else comment on that? (Olav, are you still alive?)
I haven't tried the older kernel, is there a suggestion on which particular one I should try? I'm also not too clear about how I would go about testing a diff. kernel...
good suggestion to find out first whether the network as such is dead or just the name resolution or something else.
The network's fine, as restarting rcdhclient temporarily solves the problem.
Also check whether dhclient is running ('pidof dhclient') and grep in the logs ('grep dhc /var/log/messages | tail -10).
'pidof dhclient' didn't return anything, nor did 'pidof rcdhclient'. Even when name resolution is working fine, neither command returns anything. There's nothing in /var/log/messages about dhclient, except for the messages generated by restarting it. -SB -- "As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life -- so I became a scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet girls." -- Matt Cartmill