Dan Nelson wrote:
In the last episode (Feb 12), Andrew P. said:
I have a few machines behind my FreeBSD box. The box connects to ISP
via ppp (PPPoE protocol). It's all working very nicely, but the ISP
is a pain - it disconnects every 24 hours. I can reconnect in just a
moment - so the diconnect is usually less than a second long, but
many applications, like ICQ/MSN and games "feel" the disconnect. The
matter is that these applications can handle fairly large packet loss
(e.g. Counter-Strike can cope with at least 15-second long 100%
packet loss), but AFAIK it's in the nature of the TCP/UDP that a
disconnect is a disconnect.
As I know that FreeBSD is full of magic, is there any way to
conceal these reconnects as short moments of 100% packet loss?
I am ashamed to know very little about protocols' technicalities,
but I'll look into any sources you advise.
Check to see if your IP number changes when you reconnect. If it does,
there's nothing you really can do; the remote system you were talking
to knew you only by your old IP, and those packets coming to them from
this other IP are unrelated.
It changes only once in about a week. Let's say it doesn't change
at all. What then?
Best wishes,
Andrew P.
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