From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.22]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19WsAq-0000Rm-00 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 02:30:00 -0400 Received: from sdn-ap-020scfairp0508.dialsprint.net ([65.179.9.254] helo=athena) by hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19WsAo-0001Hf-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 29 Jun 2003 23:29:58 -0700 Received: from tmoore by athena with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19WsAi-0002te-00 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 02:29:52 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 02:29:52 -0400 From: Tommy Moore To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: This DHCP is too dynamic Message-ID: <20030630062952.GB11117@earthlink.net> References: <20030629200755.GB24435@rednote.net> <20030629204637.GC24435@rednote.net> <20030629225039.GE24435@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030629225039.GE24435@rednote.net> 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: On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 06:50:40PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > We used the adsl-setup script to configure the ppp0 device. During that > process, she put in her username and password for the ISP, which is > Earth Link, by the way. > > She definitely connects. She's successfully ssh'd to my system, and > scp'd files from me. I managed to ssh over there once--but then the > session went dead after about a minute. > > So, I had her issue : > > ifconfig ppp0 |grep inet > > several times, about a minute apart. We had a different address every > time. Have her send you her /var/log/messages file. The most likely thing that's occuring is that the pppd keeps disconnecting nad reconnecting. Tommy