Hi Wayne, Thanks for the suggestions. A static IP is certainly an option, however we're often dealing with a clients network that we have no control over and they're sometimes reluctant to reserve us an IP to use.
I think you're right that static IP is the best option, however, I would still like to have a decent option for DHCP. For instance (and I'm sorry for swearing) on my windows clients, they will recognise when the router-modem goes down and reestablish the connection once it come back to life, however the voyage systems on the same network do not. I remember having this discussion a while back with someone and it was due to the fact that Linux, by default only tries to lease it's DHCP details when it first boots or has a network cable connected to it, not at any other time, is this correct? My knowledge of the voyage networking config is fairly limited at the moment. Thanks Wayne, Robert -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Lee [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 26 February 2010 10:47 To: Robert Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] Better network stability Hi Robert Assuming you have a dsl router connected to eth0 use static IP's between the router and voyage, if you need better dsl redundancy ping me offlist. Wayne 2010/2/26 Robert <[email protected]>: > Hello Guys, > > > > I'm looking for some advice on how to make the networking a little more > fail-safe on our systems. > > > > I have systems which are out in the field and they seem to intermittently > lose their internet connection and stop talking home until they're rebooted. > > > > I've not really been able to replicate the scenario to know exactly what's > causing it but it seems to be due to the router-modem rebooting, our voyage > box then doesn't lease a new IP from the modem or something like that, > perhaps an IP conflict? I don't really know. > > > > Either way, I'm looking to make the networking a little more robust so that > if the router-modem looses it's net connection, or reboots our system will > pick it's connection back up again. > > > > Can anyone advise on how to configure a slightly more robust setup to ensure > the connection is picked up again as soon as it become available? > > > > Cheers, let me know if you need any more information. > > > > Rob > > ________________________________ > Support Time Managed Services - monitoring and development for entire > business technology > > Tel: 0800 999 4333 > www.supporttime.com > > Support Time Limited > 1000 Lakeside North Harbour > Portsmouth PO6 3EZ United Kingdom > > _______________________________________________ > Voyage-linux mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux > > Support Time Managed Services - monitoring and development for entire business technology Tel: 0800 999 4333 www.supporttime.com Support Time Limited 1000 Lakeside North Harbour Portsmouth PO6 3EZ United Kingdom _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
