From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 6 10:33:22 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3FB816A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 10:33:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from Awfulhak.org (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [80.177.173.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CC7C43D46 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 10:33:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from mail.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@dev.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.5]) by Awfulhak.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id i66AXNO9025057; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 11:33:23 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 11:33:22 +0100 From: Brian Somers To: Yohan Message-Id: <20040706113322.509238b7@dev.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: <20040706083243.68288.qmail@web60808.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040706083243.68288.qmail@web60808.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on gw.lan.Awfulhak.org cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPPoE X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 10:33:22 -0000 On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 01:32:43 -0700 (PDT), Yohan wrote: > The connection hangs invariably after 8 - 10 hours. It > resumes after i kill the ppp process and redial. Could > it be because the isp is re-assingning my IP. How do i > automatically renew my IP with the ISP's DHCP server. Try ``enable lqr'' in your ppp config. -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !