From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 14 23:48:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA15437 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 23:48:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA15339 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 06:47:47 GMT (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA04462; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 23:47:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 23:47:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: George Vagner cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: losing connectivity In-Reply-To: <199804142206.RAA00352@mutsgo.dyn.ml.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, George Vagner wrote: > i am connected to the net via USR 33.6 modem and occasionally > my provider hangs up and my system redials, publishes my ip > address and does a little ftp work. I put the ftp stuff and > the ip update program in the ppp.linkup file. > > here is my problem sometimes after dialing into the isp > i can ping different sites although i cannot get > any http or send mail or ftp anywhere. > > if i try and do an http request i get "the remote site may be down" > if i try and update my ip i get "connection timed out" Sounds like your default route isn't getting cycled correctly when the link goes down. I don't know if there's much you can do about that off the top of my head. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message