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Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> |
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[OS2Wireless] Problems with Wayport Wi-Fi (DHCP leases, IPv6 DNS, etc.) |
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Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:52:30 -0400 |
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OS/2 Wireless Users <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> |
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My brother is staying at Courtyard by Marriott in southern VA. They've got a contract with Wayport to provide free Wi-Fi. So far, so good. The first issue we ran into was similar to what I reported in July (see thread subject "OS/2 Developers Workshop and Vodafone Wi-Fi at the hotel"). I had him open Mozilla (1.7.11) to about:config and set network.dns.disableIPv6 to True. That solved the issue of intermittent lookups.
Next, and perhaps more perplexing, is that Wayport is configured for 1-hour DHCP leases. This, in and of itself, is not odd; surely many hotspot providers use short lease times (we do). However, the issue I'm seeing is that his address times out, and he has to wait for a renewal. Any thoughts on this? Is there a setting, perhaps, in dhcpd.cfg to request a renewal prior to lease expiration (as a workaround)? I haven't timed exactly when the address is being invalidated, but my guess is within 45-50 minutes.
TIA
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Lewis
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