On 9/10/07, Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > begin quoting Karl Cunningham as of Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 05:06:02PM -0700: > > On 9/10/2007 3:58 PM, Serge Rey wrote: > > >hi all, > > > > > >i got a static ip coming into the house that connects to a linksys > > >router. on the inside i have a fedora box, debian box and a few macs > > >that get interal static private addresses. this all has worked > > >flawlessly till a few weeks ago. now, whenever i start either kopete > > >or gaim or adium (on the macs) a connection is made from the client > > >but i loose my external static ip and have to reset the router to get > > >it back. > > Is the static IP being assigned by DHCP or something? >
on the wan it is set as "Static IP" in the router. > <speakeasy>---<modem>--<linksys> > ||+-----<computer1> > |+------<computer2> > +-------<computer3> > yup > > <speakeasy>---<modem>--<linksys> > |||+-----<computer1> > ||+------<computer2> > |+-------<computer3> > | > <wap>)) ) ) ) ) ) )<laptop> > yup > > Can you connect to the linksys box and watch the logs as you connect > and as it drops the static IP address? Can you look up what the IP > address becomes? yes. watching the logs, nothing shows up in the outgoing table. > > > When you say you loose the external static IP, what exactly happens? Are > > you loosing your connection to the Internet? > in the status page for the router the WAN IP address becomes 0.0.0.0 > They're running over to my house, I'm afraid. > > > If you try pinging the gateway while causing your problem, can you ping > > the gateway the whole time or does that drop? i can ping the router (gateway) from inside but can't get beyond the router to ping the WAN default gateway (speakeasy). -- Sergio (Serge) Rey Professor and Chair Department of Geography San Diego State University San Diego, CA 92182-4493 USA (619) 594-8029 FAX: (619) 594-4938 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
