Harmon Seaver <hseaver@cybershamanix.com>

On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:06:24PM +0100, Thomas Shaddack wrote:

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DSL lease timeout. A feature of DHCP-based dynamic IP addresses over permanent connections. Similar for cable, though the differences yo observed seem to be rather implementation-dependent than principial.

No, not really. It's far too irregular for that, sometimes goes for over a month, then sometimes 2-3 times in a week. More like them doing work on the system.

That's about what I've seen.

Not really dhcp anyway, it's Eoppp. Cable is usally dhcp, and is better because it authenticates on the mac address of the cable modem. And dhcp can be set up to always give the same ip to a certain mac address, but I don't think the eoppp can, or at least they don't -- it always has to negotiate a challange/passwd response which can be quite problematic -- sometimes the only way to get it to work again is to unplug the modem for 30 seconds or so, which, of course, frustrates any script you have to automagically reset dns for your domainname, or even just keep you online.

Harmon Seaver

There's probably an X10 module that would let your Linux box cycle the power on your modem/router/switch. try $50 : http://www.x10.com/automation/x10_ck11a.htm If you're not using a domain name then your script could publish your IP address on your home page ( in the clear or not as you choose ). Mike