This DHCP is too dynamic

[Janina Sajka]

I would have thought exactly the same thing, except that I've just spent
a few hours having her do the file copying using scp from my system. We
upgraded her kernel, and we installed alsa. All of these files had to be
downloaded by scp. She was never kicked off, and the file transfers went
through without a hitch.

Darrell Shandrow writes:
> From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i at azboss.net>
> 
> Hi Janina,
> 
> Unfortunately, it would seem your friend may have a bigger problem than just
> the practical inability to use a service like dyndns for consistent domain
> name resolution.  Each time a device's IP address changes, any TCP sessions
> or UDP streams will cease to function.  They will have to be re-established
> using the new IP address.  Does your friend complain of constant "loss of
> connectivity" or similar networking issues despite using a "always on" DSL
> service?
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>; <ma-linux at rednote.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 1:07 PM
> Subject: This DHCP is too dynamic
> 
> 
> > I'm trying to help a friend. I have an account on her system, but her
> > ISP seems to change her IP about once a minute.
> >
> > Aside from my curiosity about how they could make such a thing work, is
> > there anything I can do to stabalize her on a single address?
> >
> > I've never seen anything like this, but then I have no experience with
> > pppoe, either.
> >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175