I have again started pointed a S7 at zpool.   It is consistently reconnecting but, is not getting kicked off needing a hard-reset like it was before.

I do see the results of the disconnects (pool hashrate drops massively is one clue) and my miner hashrate resets then climbs back up.

So it seems as whatever garbage that was keeping the miner from reconnecting or getting hung waiting to reconnect... is no longer happening.   My only issues now are the normal power issues associated with living out of the city in the country.

The lyra2 port seems to waver greatly on my hashrate it is seeing.   Its very odd.... So sometimes I get a full reward (~25Mh) and sometimes a partial reward (~13Mh)...  I am wondering if I force a diff that this will change my hashrate consistency....  telling me that the diff is going just a little too high for the speed of the coins its mining.