PM2eR not giving up Dynamic IPs after hangup.

Jeff Mcadams (jeffm@iglou.com)
Mon, 25 Sep 1995 17:36:27 -0400 (EDT)

Thus spake Daniel Sully
> Hi, we have a PM2eR with 20 ports on it, and have it set to give out
>Dynamic IPs starting at 206.65.209.30, however, as I have been testing
>(we just got our T1 in last week) when I login with a test user, say that
>we start out with it giving domain.30 if I hang up, the next time I
>login, it gives me domain.31 now why isn't it reseting to domain.30?

The portmaster's put a just-used IP address back in the pool at the back
end of the pool (queue style) rather than putting it back into a sorted
list. (Programming was easier that way maybe?). In whatever case, the
answer is....that's normal, when it gets to the end, it will start
recycling them in the order in which they were released (again, queue
style).

>Another problem that we are having is if someone drops carrier, or just
>logs out normally, from a IP session, the next user to call in and get
>that port gets a whole bunch of modem gibberish. The following user after
>that gets a clean connection. THe second user can call back from up to 1
>second after the previous user, till whenever as far as I can tell.

Sounds to me like the modem isn't getting hung up, but don't quote me as
a authority here. :)

>I hope I explained this clearly enough. Writing is not one of my strong
>points. (Thats why I work with computers =)

Join the club. :)

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