ADSL connection drop outs... Command line fix?

[Mr. X]

OK, I know I've seen this covered somewhere but can't remember if it was here or MacFixit (Sorry Rob!). I tried to find it but couldn't.

My problem: Sometimes, My connection (Verizon :mad: ADSL in NY area) drops out and if I reconnect, the "internet connect" looks like everything is fine but no program can access the net anymore... Sometimes, I get the same thing when I disconnect my ethernet cable and try to connect it to my iBook. The only way I can get my G4 to see the connection again is to restart...

I'm pretty sure I read some command line somewhere that allows you to restart just the process needed to get a fresh healthy new internet connection without having to reboot. Plus, even if I hadn't, I'm sure it's one of the basic Unix type stuff you can do. But compiling LAME and the Gimp was as far as I went w/ the Terminal... I'm no geek... I could try to figure it out with the man page if only I knew where to start...

Help help help!

[Dr-NiKoN]

"Sometimes, I get the same thing when I disconnect my ethernet cable and try to connect it to my iBook. The only way I can get my G4 to see the connection again is to restart... "

I'm not sure about your other problem, but this is a classic.
The reason for this problem is how DHCP-servers act.
When you change machines like that, you need to send a dhcp-release packet to the dhcp-server(on most dhcp-servers that is).
You can read all about this in the rfc for DHCP(I don't have the rfc number handy).

nikon

[hschickel]

Get a router. It will solve this problem and many others. Additionally, it will give you the added benefits of a NAT firewall and an easy connection between your machines.

Hugh

[Mr. X]

Thx Dr. NiKon...

That's at least part of the problem...
But what's rfc? I'm not really good with acronyms... And English is not my 1st language btw <- I know that one! ;)

About the router thing... I'm pretty broke right now... And I just spent quite sometime figure out how to get the sw base station thing working so I can surf in bed w/ my iBook! And Brickhouse seems to be a pretty solid firewall... When I get rich(er), I will though...

Nobody remember this command line I'm talking about?

[xchanyazy]

Mr. X -
A definition (http://www.tuxedo.org/%7Eesr/jargon/html/entry/RFC.html) for RFC.

I believe Dr-NiKoN is speaking about RFC 2131, which I found at http://ns.uoregon.edu/dhcp/rfc2131.txt