Date: 24 Aug 2000 18:23:07 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DHCP "refresh" question Message-ID: <44lmxmxpro.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: "Otter"'s message of "Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:37:04 -0400" References: <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPGELKCAAA.otterr@telocity.com>
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"Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> writes: > just a suggestion: (i had a similar script that i used to use with a modem, > back before ADSL came along) make a script that pings an external host every > n interval of time... maybe even have it ping 3 hosts, just as backups. if > none of the hosts respond or you get a "no route to host" message, have the > script HUP your dhclient. I'm sure lots of people are thinking along the same lines, but there's a basic problem with that approach: if you have a transient connectivity problem that *doesn't* involve changing addresses, you lose many or all of your outstanding sessions unnecessarily. In many cases, that's not a problem, but for the cases where you need unattended recovery, it probably is. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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