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-----Original Message-----
From: Wilson Fletcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: linux-diald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; 'Stuart Nixon'
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 31 March 2000 02:42
Subject: RE: dynamic ip's
>First packet, ie. the one that brings up the link is probably lost because
>the return IP (ie. the dynamic one assigned to you) will be different to
>the one in the ping packet that you sent out. ie. the replies won't be able
>to find you.
>
>How to test this .....
>
>1) Ping an IP
>2) As soon as the link comes up kill the ping and THEN do it again straight
>away before the link goes down. You'll probably find that this now works.
>
>The reason it worked with a static IP is because your IP didn't change.
>This issue has been mentioned in the FAQ and also many many times in this
>list ..... ie. check the archives to see what other people have done and
>whether anyone has a work around.
>
>Wilson
>----------
>From: Stuart Nixon[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, 31 March 2000 8:29
>To: linux-diald
>Subject: dynamic ip's
>
>hello,
>i am currently using diald with an isp who provides a me with a static
>address, this works fine - i ping an address - it dials - and the ping
>responds.
>when I set up with an isp who dynamicly assigns addresses i leave the our
>ip
>and remote ip blank (linuxconf dialout screens) but when i try to ping, i
>get "connect: invalid argument"
>please could someone explain what this message means and why it is produced
>(out of instance - if i set te our ip to 0.0.0.0 it dials then i get no
>response from pinging)
>I am using redhat 6.1 and linuxconf to setup the dialout
>
>yours
>
>
>
>stuart nixon
>
>
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