Rastan
join:2007-04-25
Canada | reply to Rastan
Re: IP Address Keeps Changing
Thanks for the all replies. I'm also wondering how the IP address changes if I'm not being temporarily disconnected? If I am being disconnected then shouldn't my router's uptime reset? |
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jfmezei
Premium
join:2007-01-03
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
| Router's uptime != PPPoE session's uptime.
Your modem may also have some clues (in terms of time since last ADSL disconnect).
You may not notice a temporary glitch because your router will reconnect right away with a new PPPoE session.
But if you were to be doing a very long file transfer, you would notice because as the IP changes, the file transfer would hang after the IP was changed.
Is your router configured to drop PPPoE if you are inactive for a few minutes ? If so, it would explain the behaviour.
If your router is configured to maintain PPPoE up all the time, then it could be a problem with the modem. You need to get stats from your modem (or call teksavvy and get them to look at the lantern stats of your line. |
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Rastan
join:2007-04-25
Canada
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July 8th, @02:02PM
| I didn't know that Router's uptime != PPPoE session's uptime. My previous router didn't have all these settings so I'm still trying to figure things out. Here are a few of my settings:
Connection Mode: Keep Alive
Minimum Retry Delay: 5 seconds
DHCP Server Lease time: 1440 minutes
How do I check if it's configured to drop PPPOE if I'm inactive?
I have a Linksys PAP2-NA and I didn't setup a static IP for it, so it's lease time is currently set to 1440 minutes. Should I increase that to 2-3 days?
At this point, I don't think it's a line problem. |
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bjlockie
join:2007-12-16
Canada | Can you put 0 to disable the lease time?
I think DHCP overrides it anyways.
As long as you get an IP and don't lose connectivity, is it a problem?
You could always pay for a static IP if you need one. |
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jfmezei
Premium
join:2007-01-03 | There is no DHCP involved with PPPoE service.
What you are seeing is probably your LAN-side DHCP server which has nothing to do with your internet IP address provided by teksavvy. |
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Angelo_
The Network Guy
Premium
join:2002-06-18 | sounds like it's your router not anything on tsi's end like jf mentioned |
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