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....
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