ADSL problems - Possibly "Route" issuses not sure :S
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erm no data cos i didn't ahve the modem plugged in, can only access net wen modem is in my windows machine :s - i'll leave it for a bit in the linux machine and post the results again
ok i plugged modem back into my linux box, and changed my setup to use dhcp to obtain the ip from the modem - rather than assumeing static, and it worked..
..for a few seconds ¬_¬
a quick analysys of /var/log/messages gave me the answer:
Code:
Dec 29 05:11:19 neo dhclient: bound to 82.***.***.** -- renewal in 24 seconds.
Dec 29 05:11:43 neo dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to 192.168.0.1 port 67
Dec 29 05:12:11 neo last message repeated 3 times
Dec 29 05:12:21 neo dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
Dec 29 05:12:21 neo dhclient: receive_packet failed on eth1: Network is down
Dec 29 05:12:21 neo dhclient: dhclient.c(1216): non-null pointer
Dec 29 05:12:21 neo dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Dec 29 05:12:21 neo dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Dec 29 05:12:21 neo dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1
Dec 29 05:12:21 neo dhclient: dhclient.c(1216): non-null pointer
Dec 29 05:12:21 neo dhclient: bound to 82.***.***.** -- renewal in 31 seconds.
etc.
It keeps renewing its ip addr - thus dropping the connection whilst the modem issues it with a new IP.
Is there anyway i can make it initially grab an IP, but then not ask for an IP again ?
I am on a static IP anyway, so making the box keep the IP for as long as the interface is up will cause no problems.
Would I be right in saying the DHCP Client doesn't choose the renewal and that the Server does, and therefore if my modem is giving stupidly small renewal times there is nothing i can do about it ?
please i've been trying to get this working for over a month, and i'm nearly there, as soon as i can stop eth1 attempting to renew its IP i'll be done :S
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