I *am* using DHCP and my connection went South today.  I did a
/etc/rc.d/init.d/netword restart and it came back up just fine.  I even
have the same IP address.  Technomage may have come across friendly
Cox.net people, but their real techs must have crossed the wrong wires
at some point.

Jeffrey Pyne wrote:
> 
> That's a relief.  I was just going by what their web site said:  "Note:  It
> is essential to maintain a DHCP configuration as IP leases are set to expire
> every four hours."  I guess we should believe what they do, and not what
> they say.  I only reboot my firewall when APS dictates it by sending an
> Unintended Power Interruption my way, so hopefully my IP address will hardly
> ever change....
> 
> On a side note, I noticed when I got up this morning that my Internet
> connection had gone south.  I wonder if all those pleas to get me to switch
> to DHCP have finally resulted in them pulling the plug.  Oh well, this is
> just what I need to get me to pick up the pace on my conversion.  :)
> 
> ~Jeff
> 
> On Monday, January 21, 2002, David A. Sinck said:
> 
> > Odd thing though, pump's status output
> >
> > # pump -s
> > Device eth0
> >         IP: 24.177.xx.xx  (old ip still)
> >         Netmask: 255.255.255.0
> >         Broadcast: 24.177.xx.255
> >         Network: 24.177.xx.0
> >         Boot server 24.1.240.45
> >         Next server 0.0.0.0
> >         Gateway: 24.177.xx.1
> >         Hostname: <xxxxxx>
> >         Domain: mesa1.az.home.com
> >         Nameservers: 24.1.240.33 24.1.240.35 24.1.240.34
> >         Renewal time: Tue Jan 22 09:34:44 2002
> >         Expiration time: Tue Jan 22 13:25:08 2002
> >
> > Now it might just be me, but that doesn't look like a 4 hour window
> > from Monday morning....