On 1/17/08, Chris Buechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ron Lemon wrote: > > > > Good Afternoon All, > > > > > > I have a satellite internet connection, both in and out, attached to a > > pfSense 1.2RC3 box. > > > > Lately I have been having a connection issue keeping my connection > > stable on the stat elite for some unknown reason. > > > > When the connection gets dropped it usually comes back up a short time > > later but it seems that the pfSense box does not always either > > reacquire an IP or sometimes it does not drop the existing one and I > > have to do a DHCP renew. > > > > With the very high latency of satellite connections, the default state > keeping mechanism may not work very well because it may prematurely > close connections. On the Advanced page, there is an option to change > it, I don't have a box in front of me right now but look for state > options and there is one there for high latency. > > Try that and see if the problem persists. If it does, post any > DHCP-related items from the system log from the time it occurs.
Switch the type to conservative. Scott
