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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 20:01:53 +1000
From: Mark Hannon <markhannon@optushome.com.au>
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> > i have a router with freebsd 4.3
> > on the first networkcard i have connected a cable modem

> > PROBLEM
> > 1 or 2 times a day the internet connection freezes , and nothing goes in

I have had a similar problem, only in the last three weeks, connected to
Optus@Home
in Australia.  I have found killing dhclient and then restarting it
brings the system
up again.  Sorry, don't know why it does it.

/mark

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