Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 15:24:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Stefan Molnar <stefan@csudsu.com> To: Scott Reese <sreese@codysbooks.com> Cc: <mij@osdn.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Ricochet Modems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0105031523450.592-100000@digital.csudsu.com> In-Reply-To: <3AF1D98D.DAA70CE2@codysbooks.com>
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It is not DHCP. It just plain old ppp. On the reconnect. I had to kill the ppp and powercycle the modem to let it reauth back. On Thu, 3 May 2001, Scott Reese wrote: > Stefan Molnar wrote: > > > It is doable. I did it for 1 1/2 because the 28.8k ricochet was cheaper > > than a phone line and a dedicated ppp connection to an isp. Just need to > > hanle having dhcp, and reconnecting about ever 7-10 days. > > That's pretty much why I want to do it too...unfortunately I'm not very > well-versed in configuring dhcp clients...are there any FAQ's anywhere that > would be of any use..? Also, what would I have to reconnect to every 7-10 > days? I'm not sure I catch your meaning on that one... > > Thanks again, and sorry for all the questions, but I'm fairly new to FreeBSD and > all its nuances and I'm trying to make sure that I can actually make this setup > work before I shell out the cash for the modem and the service. > > -Scott > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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