Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Dynamic IP hack (PR#294) | Date | Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:14:31 -0300 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <m0zVRz8-0007UHC@the-village.bc.nu>, Alan Cox writes: +----- | > In the case of diald redialing an ISP (the reason for the patch), it's | > almost certain that you *won't* get it back. At best you'll get a | > connection with a different address, at worst it could be a few hours before | > it gets through again. | | I used to get 8 out of 10 successes off cymru.net before I eventually set | it up static anyway +--->8
I used to have similar success rates with APK Net, back when it was Zbig and a handful of others all of whom pitched in to help. Once the rest of the city found out about it and they expanded, I was lucky to get an address in the same class-C.
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering KF8NH carnegie mellon university
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