On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Mark Newton wrote:
> > I have the problem that with FreeBSDs isdn (i4b) my rlogin (ssh)
> > sessions die (are rendered unusable - lock o' city) regularly when
> > the idle timer drops the connection. A subsequent awaking of the connection
> > results in a different IP address being assigned from the ISP.
>
> This is perfectly normal, and is why "dial on demand IP with an idle
> timeout" sucks ass.
It works if you have a static IP. ISDN helps, since connection setup time
is short. It's wonderful if both sides of the link will bring it up for
traffic. I have used this stuff to provide connections that appear nailed,
and still get over 1 link per term server port.
David
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