From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=cantata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19WkxD-0005M0-00 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2003 18:47:27 -0400 Received: from janina by cantata.rednote.net with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Wkwl-0006ig-00 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2003 18:46:59 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 18:46:48 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: This DHCP is too dynamic Message-ID: <20030629224647.GD24435@rednote.net> References: <20030629200755.GB24435@rednote.net> <20030629204637.GC24435@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I've never seen anything like it. It seems, though, that they mean to do things this way, because she was successful using scp to copy a kernel rpm from my system. That worked, but ftp didn't. I'm having her call and ask questions tomorrow. Hopefully, she can just get a static IP for a few dollars extra. Andrew Hodgson writes: > Janina Sajka in <20030629204637.GC24435@rednote.net>: > >It's the way her ISP changes the ip address every minute or so. I'm not > >kidding--I've had her do an ifconfig ppp0 and we get a different address > >every minute or so. > > This would cause a problem as the system will kick you off updating > the hostname ip address every minute. Are you sure this is not an > isp/configuration problem at her end? If it really is changing every > minute, there are serious problems (i.e, how to download large files).