On Thursday 29 June 2006 6:34 am, ET wrote: > Chris wrote: > > I connect directly through the DSL modem, the IP changes occasionally. > > I could just reset the modem and get a different IP, but, from a post I > > just read in alt.provider.earthlink, that may not fix the problem > > either. Apparently sprint sometimes opens up a new block of addresses > > and informs earthlink. Earthlink is 'supposed' to add these to their > > 'approved' list of IPs that can access the news servers, they > > apparently haven't done what they're supposed to do. I've emailed > > sprint with the transscript of my chat session with El and will see > > what they say. > > > > Chris > > I like e-link, but hate sprint. > E-link has been my ISP since 1995, but my sister's business used sprint > for hosting, and I went nuts trying to get crap straight, so much so > that I finally told my sister either get rid of sprint or get someone > else to deal with them. I don't think sprint should be allowed to be an > ISP (along with comcast).
Actually Sprint's not the ISP, its just the DSL provider, EL is the ISP. The problem seems straightened out now so either Sprint or EL did something. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 17:45:13 up 12 days, 11:32, 1 user, load average: 0.39, 0.50, 0.28 Mandriva Linux 10.1 Official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The bigger your hard disk seems the day you buy it, the faster it will seem to fill up. -- Murphy's Law of Hard Disks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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