[Voyage-linux] Better network stability

[Robert]

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:linkconnect at googlemail.com]
Sent: 26 February 2010 10:47
To: Robert
Cc: voyage-linux at list.voyage.hk
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 <Robert at supporttime.com>:
> Hello Guys,
>
>
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> I'm looking for some advice on how to make the networking a little more
> fail-safe on our systems.
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> 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.
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>
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> 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.
>
>
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> Cheers, let me know if you need any more information.
>
>
>
> Rob
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