Thus spake Eric LeBlanc ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [02/05/05 22:54]: : I don't know if it's OpenBSD related or not, but I will try: : : Sometimes, my ISP (Videotron) seems to have some problems with their DHCPD : servers. In fact, whey the problem arise, I lost the connection to the : internet. So, I stopped my dhcpcd client, and restarted it. After, when : I try to ping www.google.com, it's does'nt work, but I can ping the next : router, or gateway if you prefer (showed in netstat -nr. If my IP is : x.x.x.234, the router is x.x.x.1 ). I tried several time to have the : Internet by killing the dhcpcd client, without success. In fact, I can : even ping others PC in the same local network of Videotron. : : So, I rebooted the openbsd server, and now, I can ping www.google.com : (or other computer on the Internet). The strange thing is that I have the : the _same_ ip adress and the _same_ router before the reboot.. It happened : three time, and I don't really know why I must reboot... Note that I use : modemcable with the modem Samsung. : : So why the reboot is needed to obtain the 'real' connection to the : internet?
As previously suggested, it may be a DNS issue. After the connection's died and you've re-started dhcpcd, can you ping 64.233.167.147? If so, it's definitely looking like a DNS issue. Alternatively, you can find another ISP whose DHCP servers don't routinely break.
