[oclug] Auto ifdown / ifup

[Trevor Curtis]

On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 04:07:18PM -0000, Scott Connery wrote:
> For some reason ... unbeknownst to me, Rogers @ Home likes going down 
> temporarily o a regular basis (or at least the modem loses connection). When 

No kidding?  I thought that I was just the only one.  Keep in mind though, that they are doing some serious revamping concerning their network here in Ottawa. For example, my IP address changed last night.

> OR
> -to reset the timing for the leasing of the DHCP lease. (It may be that 
> although my IP seems static, the lease still runns out).

Why are you using DHCP? Why not just make life easier on yourself and your rh7 box and just set it as static?  This way you don't get hit when Rogers DHCP servers go psycho. Despite what Rogers *try to make you think* you always have a static IP.  This is the case in at least the ares I have lived in: Kanata, and Barrahaven. When they phoned me to speak to me about my IP change, they tried to tell me I *had* to use DHCP.  When I then informed them that I bought their service with the assurance that I would get a static IP, they said not to worry and that when my service goes out, to call them and ask for the new IP. I did just that last night without any hastles.

hope this helps, good luck! :)
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Trevor Curtis
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