cable modem connection fails when rss feeds are recieved.

chow-stl · 07-05-2005, 12:16 PM

I am using mozilla-firefox's sage plugin to read rss feeds. Each time I get a time I update a newsfeed from a site, my internet connection goes down. And the 'enet' light on my cable modem goes off. My request for help is two-fold. first, anybody have this prob with sage before? and secondly, how do i restart the dhcpd in slackware without having to reboot. Each time I attempt to find answers concernenig restarting the dhcpd service, my interent connection goes out. Thanx for any help in advance.

Best Regards, CHOW

MS3FGX · 07-05-2005, 12:57 PM

To bring DHCP back up quickly, you can run the command:

dhcpcd -t 10 eth0

Assuming eth0 is the interface you want to bring up.

You can also add the "-h hostname" swtich to add your hostname to the router/server's DHCP Clients List (if it has one).