Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:41:59 +0000 From: Uncle Deejy-Pooh <deejy-pooh@ntlworld.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Deejs' Firewall Message-ID: <200601171241.59564.deejy-pooh@ntlworld.com>
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P.S. I ought to have mentioned I'm DHCP. And,as a further aside to this - you see, I REALLY DO KNOW JACK-ALL - why is it considered bad form to turn off ones broadband connection ? I do it every day, no problems in re-connecting... I have, after my last posting I Mamma'd around a bit, noticed mention of 'leases' and the need for ones provider to re-lease ones connection. Investigation took me to /var/db/dhclient.leases.sis0. In this there is info, which I hesitate to reprint here :>}, repeated twice, culminating in these lines: < Loads of info here...............> renew 3 2006/1/18 01:27:21; rebind 3 2006/1/18 13:26:40; expire 3 2006/1/18 17:26:29; < Same info repeated here......> renew 3 2006/1/18 01:46:16; rebind 3 2006/1/18 13:31:25; expire 3 2006/1/18 17:26:28; EOF I take it from this that my connection will be been renewed at the given time/date, then rebind (???), and finally die, waiting for the next renewal I guess. Well, try as it might, it WON'T renew at 1.30am because it's ALWAYS turned off ! It is, however, USUALLY on at the other given times. So, stop-your-laughing and point my snout to the trough... Once again, waaay off-topic, Deej
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