Weird network problem

[Joe Zeff]

On 05/25/2013 06:00 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> I've got several machines on a LAN behind a NAT with DHCP assigning
> always the same addresses from a dynamic IP.
>
> A couple of days ago the IP changed & since then, one of the machines
> running Fedora 17 always fails first time to connect to the network:
> launch Thunderbird, no start screen, first attempt to check mail, it
> tells me that there's no network connection, second attempt it connects.

As long as it always gets the same IP address, why don't you just set it 
manually?