Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 15:55:34 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Subject: Re: Verizon DSL+PPPoE Message-ID: <20030201205545.8F39C48463@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <002001c2c930$5665f1d0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:54:55 -0500, Matthew Emmerton wrote: >> I remember seeing this posted about a year ago, but I couldn't google >> it.... >> >> one my business server, I run Verizon DSL and PPPoE. I setup it up >> like with the example they used on Freebsddairy. >> >> the problem I ran into, after about 1 week is that the connection just >> died. everything is lit up, no log entries in the ppp.log. the only >> solution was a 'killall ppp' and restarting in about a minute later, >> and everything is fine... >> >> however, after i did that, I noticed my IP changed. whereas i've >> closed the connection b4 and reopened it and got the same IP. Does >> this have something to do with ppp not accepting a renewed DHCP IP >> address? > >PPP doesn't use DHCP; you're confusing two technologies. > >Whether or not you get the same IP after dropping your connection depends >entirely upon your provider. Some providers will keep recently-dropped IPs >around for some period of time so that you can get the same IP back when you >reconnect, but others won't. > >In most cases, PPPoE service with dynamic IPs are not designed for hosting >servers (which is the only case where you'd need a static IP). If this is >allowable by your AUP, I'd look into using a commercial DNS service that can >let you auto-update your IPs when they change. My personal choice is >ZoneEdit (http://www.zoneedit.com). sorry, I guess i wasnt clear enough; i do not mind that, what I mind, is that PPP keeps locking up. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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