This DHCP is too dynamic

[Janina Sajka]

Yeah. That's just exactly where we leftit. She's going to call them
tomorrow and ask about this. It's not so much that she wants to run a
server as that I can help her better if I can log in and tweak a thing
or two from time to time.

I brought this to the list because I've never dealt with pppoe before. I
didn't know if it was me or Memorex! <grin>


Darrell Shandrow writes:
> From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i at azboss.net>
> 
> Hi Janina,
> 
> Perhaps she should take this up with her ISP, especially if it is negatively
> impacting uses of the service which are not outside their acceptable use
> policy.  If she really wants to run a server, she may want to get an ISP
> that does not disallow this.
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 3:50 PM
> Subject: Re: This DHCP is too dynamic
> 
> 
> > We used the adsl-setup script to configure the ppp0 device. During that
> > process, she put in her username and password for the ISP, which is
> > Earth Link, by the way.
> >
> > She definitely connects. She's successfully ssh'd to my system, and
> > scp'd files from me. I managed to ssh over there once--but then the
> > session went dead after about a minute.
> >
> > So, I had her issue :
> >
> > ifconfig ppp0 |grep inet
> >
> > several times, about a minute apart. We had a different address every
> > time.
> >
> > I supposeit's a kind of security thing, but it sure makes the kinds of
> > things we here do to help each other out, especially for newbies, very
> > dificult. Also, it seems to bemucking with ftp and possibly Real Audio.
> >
> >
> > Adam Myrow writes:
> > > From: Adam Myrow <amyrow at midsouth.rr.com>
> > >
> > > As I understand it, PPPOE works much like dial-up.  That is, it requires
> a
> > > username and password before connecting you.  It then gets a dynamic IP
> > > address and stays with that address until you disconnect.  I'm wondering
> > > if perhaps the user of PPPOE is disconnecting every few minutes or if
> the
> > > ISP is kicking him off?  As long as he's connected, he should not change
> > > IP addresses.  As an aside, I use DHCP with my Roadrunner cable and have
> > > been getting the same IP address since day 1.  DHCP, at least under
> Linux,
> > > stores your previous IP address and requests it the next time you
> connect.
> > > If it is available, it is used.  Otherwise, you get a new one.  Thus,
> DHCP
> > > tends to be very stable if you leave your computer on for long periods
> as
> > > I do.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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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