Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 08:28:45 -0500 From: "Doug Poland" <doug@polands.org> To: "Stephen Hovey" <shovey@buffnet.net> Cc: "ListServer FreeBSD Questions" <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Cable modem ISP keeps timing out Message-ID: <NDBBKMNOJKJGAEKJNLIACEOBELAA.doug@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10010130901420.1906-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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Yes, it's happening in the a.m. 0700-0900 and in the late evening, around 1900. I just decided to try an track it but don't have more than a day's data right now. Regards, Doug > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Hovey [mailto:shovey@buffnet.net] > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 08:02 > To: Doug Poland > Subject: Re: Cable modem ISP keeps timing out > > > > Sounds to me like you IP license expires - it happen around the same > number of hours each time? > > On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Doug Poland wrote: > > > Gurus, > > > > Two or three times a day I will lose my > > "connection" to the outside world with > > RoadRunner cable service. I can ping > > my NIC and cable modem but nothing else. > > > > I can "reset" by doing a shutdown <ctrl> d > > Then I get the same IP address, netmask > > (I think), and DNS's. Then connectivity > > is back. > > > > So I have two questions: > > > > 1. How can I re-establish connectivity > > without re-booting. I've tried > > > > # dhclient ed0 > > > > but I lose the IP address I did have and > > returns an error message (sorry can't recall > > it right now). So I end up rebooting. > > > > 2. I'd like to know what is going on so I > > can start complaining to my cable ISP. It's > > mildly inconvenient when I'm at home and can > > work on the console of the gateway. When > > I'm working away from home, it's a real > > hassle. > > > > > > Regards, > > Doug > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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