Well, between pump and dhclient, only one of them works. dhclient has never worked for me, and so i use pump. got any other recommendations for "real clients"? also, i think its not actually an issue on my machine, i think its cuz my campus network dhcp servers crash every other day or so. i'll keep ya updated if anyone cares. ;-P --link
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 13:00, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 20-Mar-2002 Link wrote: > > I'm not 100% positive this is my problem. I think it might be in part an > > issue with the DHCP server i connect to. But I'm curious if other people > > have encountered this problem. > > > > I run unstable (which might be the problem in and of itself) on an HP > > N3310. I have a Linksys NE2000-Compatible PCMCIA card. I run a self > > compiled kernel version 2.4.18. The /etc/init.d/pcmcia script loads and > > unloads the modules properly, but after a long period on inactivity (for > > example, overnight) the card releases its IP address (aquired via pump). > > The eth0 interface stays up, but it doesn't renew an IP address. I think > > I've found a quick fix by executing pump every 30 minutes (thanks > > cron!). But I'd like to find a real fix to the problem. Is it a bug in > > pump maybe? I don't know, hence why I'm asking the list. --Link > > well, to start with, pump is pure crap. Use a real client (-: > > Is it possible something is downing your interface in say a cron job? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Peace Love and Penguins
