[Wolves] setup a internet link during bootup on Ubuntu (warty)

[baza]

Adam Sweet wrote:

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>>>--- baza <baza at themauvezone.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: 
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>>>>The problem is the Internet times out after 45
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>>mains
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>>>>and drops the line. 
>>>>On boot up my pc gets an SIP address from my
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>>>>via DHCP with no 
>>>>problems, it just won't connect to my ISP. To do
>>>>that I have to browse 
>>>>to my router with Firefox  and activate the net
>>>>manually.
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>>>So the problem is that your connection drops after
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>>>mins? Umph, sorry chief can't help you there. Don't
>>>know what SIP is.
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>>SIP?? Spell checkers eh? That should have read IP
>>address.
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>Sorry wasn't being sarcastic, thought you meant SIP (I
>googled and came up with something to do with VoIP, so
>it sounded feasible http://www.cs.columbia.edu/sip/ )
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>>Na, the problem is my router/modem drops the net
>>after 45mins if no 
>>computers on my network are using the net. When the
>>net is, 'down', 
>>Ubuntu does not bring it back, 'up' when it boots so
>>it hangs for ages 
>>at the configuring clock to ntp server bit.
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>Ahh, and normally some network action would cause the
>router to reconnect? I would have a look at the router
>and make sure it's not set to auto disconnect after 45
>mins...
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>I'm still not helping am I? ;)
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I just had a mooch at the router settings and it is set to time out the 
net if none of the network pc's are using it. If I set that to never 
time out would piss off my ISP??

Baza