greetings,
following are command line problems as user using virtual terminals.
]$ ifconfig;date eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:FE:8F:8F:23 inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::20f:feff:fe8f:8f23/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1419 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:709 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:117028 (114.2 KiB) TX bytes:87298 (85.2 KiB) Interrupt:19 Memory:f0180000-f01a0000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB) TX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB)
virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:B3:A7:95 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:3505 (3.4 KiB)
Sun Jul 26 21:43:27 CDT 2015 [geo@boxen ~]$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down;date [sudo] password for geo: Sun Jul 26 21:44:26 CDT 2015 [geo@boxen ~]$ ifconfig;date eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:FE:8F:8F:23 inet6 addr: fe80::20f:feff:fe8f:8f23/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1454 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:722 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:119920 (117.1 KiB) TX bytes:88850 (86.7 KiB) Interrupt:19 Memory:f0180000-f01a0000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB) TX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB)
virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:B3:A7:95 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:3505 (3.4 KiB)
Sun Jul 26 21:44:39 CDT 2015 [geo@boxen ~]$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down;date Sun Jul 26 21:45:08 CDT 2015 [geo@boxen ~]$ ifconfig;date eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:FE:8F:8F:23 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1471 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:746 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:121128 (118.2 KiB) TX bytes:93189 (91.0 KiB) Interrupt:19 Memory:f0180000-f01a0000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB) TX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB)
virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:B3:A7:95 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:3505 (3.4 KiB)
Sun Jul 26 21:45:13 CDT 2015 [geo@boxen ~]$ ifconfig;date eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:FE:8F:8F:23 inet6 addr: fe80::20f:feff:fe8f:8f23/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1483 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:778 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:122580 (119.7 KiB) TX bytes:99082 (96.7 KiB) Interrupt:19 Memory:f0180000-f01a0000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB) TX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB)
virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:B3:A7:95 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:3505 (3.4 KiB)
Sun Jul 26 21:45:48 CDT 2015 [geo@boxen ~]$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down;date Sun Jul 26 21:45:58 CDT 2015 [geo@boxen ~]$ ifconfig;date lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB) TX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB)
virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:B3:A7:95 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:3505 (3.4 KiB)
Sun Jul 26 21:46:02 CDT 2015 [geo@boxen ~]$ ifconfig;date lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB) TX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB)
virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:B3:A7:95 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:3505 (3.4 KiB)
Sun Jul 26 21:46:19 CDT 2015 [geo@boxen ~]$ ifconfig;date lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB) TX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB)
virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:B3:A7:95 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:3505 (3.4 KiB)
Sun Jul 26 21:46:43 CDT 2015 [geo@boxen ~]$ ifconfig;date lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB) TX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB)
virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:B3:A7:95 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:3505 (3.4 KiB)
Sun Jul 26 21:48:28 CDT 2015 [geo@boxen ~]$ ifconfig;date eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:FE:8F:8F:23 inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::20f:feff:fe8f:8f23/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1565 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:829 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:128932 (125.9 KiB) TX bytes:106267 (103.7 KiB) Interrupt:19 Memory:f0180000-f01a0000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB) TX bytes:25264 (24.6 KiB)
virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:B3:A7:95 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:3505 (3.4 KiB)
Sun Jul 26 21:50:38 CDT 2015 [geo@boxen ~]$
as can be seen from above, wicd is again restarting network connection, tho restart did take longer for some unknown reason.