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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



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