Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 23:47:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: George Vagner <kf7nn@mutsgo.dyn.ml.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: losing connectivity Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980414234638.4383J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199804142206.RAA00352@mutsgo.dyn.ml.org>
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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, George Vagner wrote: > i am connected to the net via USR 33.6 modem and occasionally > my provider hangs up and my system redials, publishes my ip > address and does a little ftp work. I put the ftp stuff and > the ip update program in the ppp.linkup file. > > here is my problem sometimes after dialing into the isp > i can ping different sites although i cannot get > any http or send mail or ftp anywhere. > > if i try and do an http request i get "the remote site may be down" > if i try and update my ip i get "connection timed out" Sounds like your default route isn't getting cycled correctly when the link goes down. I don't know if there's much you can do about that off the top of my head. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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