On Sat, 25 May 2002, J wrote: > Hello all, > > Once again, I'm having a problem with losing external network > connections. I'm relatively new to linux etc, so I don't really > know what to look for in fixing this.. ideally I'd like to set > up this router and be able to leave it for years at a time. Right > now it seems i have to mess around with it more than make use of > my real computer. > > Is there something different with how pump is called at startup > vs. how I call it at the command line? Where is it called on > startup? When I lose connection, I type "pump -R -i eth0" > and it won't reconnect.. nor does just "pump". If I reboot, > it seems to work (which is a step up from earlier, when it wouldn't > even do that). Also, does the system detect when connectivity is > lost, and try to reconnect on its own? Or do I have to write my > own script to do that? > > Windows' DHCP client seems so robust.. it never fails. it always > reconnects. always obtains a lease. always lets me access the internet. > What's different about it? >
Possibly that pump is running before Shorewall is starting when you initially boot. Be sure that you have the 'dhcp' option specified on the entry for your external interface in /etc/shorewall/interfaces. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Shorewall - iptables made easy AIM: tmeastep \ http://www.shorewall.net ICQ: #60745924 \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
