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. Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! A+, CCNA, Network+! Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i All the best to coalition forces carrying out Operation Iraqi Freedom! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
