Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:20:21 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au> Cc: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sppp behaviour Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000107101647.40730B-100000@shell-1.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <20000108023528.B41147@internode.com.au>
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On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Mark Newton wrote: > > I have the problem that with FreeBSDs isdn (i4b) my rlogin (ssh) > > sessions die (are rendered unusable - lock o' city) regularly when > > the idle timer drops the connection. A subsequent awaking of the connection > > results in a different IP address being assigned from the ISP. > > This is perfectly normal, and is why "dial on demand IP with an idle > timeout" sucks ass. It works if you have a static IP. ISDN helps, since connection setup time is short. It's wonderful if both sides of the link will bring it up for traffic. I have used this stuff to provide connections that appear nailed, and still get over 1 link per term server port. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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