> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Jonathan_Portwood > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [leaf-user] Cable modem ip change hangs system > > > Using pump - if my ip changed or I manually released it, I > couldn't renew > it. Pump failed everytime. It only worked on boot up and > when it automatically > renewed a lease after 12 hours. > > Then I realized I was using ipsec. When I released my ip - > eth0 would > be released, but ipsec0 wouldn't. That's because I cheated > using ipsec > with a dynamic ip - assigning it %defaultroute in the > config files.
Good to at least hear someone else has had this problem. However, I'm not using ipsec. > > I also switched to dhclient at the same time. So, I > brought down ipsec > and was able to renew/release with dhclient all day long. > So, I cheat > again - and if dhclient determines my ip has changed - I > just restart > ipsec. > > I haven't tested with pump, but I suspect that my ipsec0 > was really causing > havoc when my eth0 lost its ip. I think I could go back to > pump if I just > don't use ipsec. > > You might try using dhclient - some people say that one or the other > works better with certain dhcp servers. In my case it > seems to work ok > for me. > I was thinking of trying dhclient too, since I'm booting Bering from a hard disk and space is not a problem. I've read somewhere that some old versions of pump had trouble getting an ip from Roadrunner, but I assumed those problems had been fixed. Who knows - problems like this are very hard to track down. Jim ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
