Every once in a while my link drops for just a second and is right back but I have to wait about 35-40 seconds until my PC can access the internet again. Is there a way around this?
Just a wild guess, but could it be the IP lease that expires and your PC has to renew the IP?
rgs Pilgrim
Unless you changed it, by default your dhcp lease is for 3d.
You didn’t give us any information about your ‘link’ that drops every once in a while!
Also, nearly all DHCP clients renew a lease at half time (on a 6h lease, the client contacts the server after 3h to renew for another 6 hours) so there shouldn’t be a situation where the client loses interface configuration.
I am running a wireless setup using wds transparent bridge. I noticed if I run my client side in station pseudobridge, whenever I experience a quick connection drop my internet connection comes right back up. But in station wds whenever my connection drops for a second it always takes approx. 38 seconds of uptime before I’m back on the internet. Is there a way to remedy this? (I would prefer not to run in pseudobridge.)
I can’t say about the bridge, but in case the the problem is rooted in the wireless set up, this may help. I got the following advice from one of the experts always to disable the running check in order to keep the wireless connection active at all time.
This script should do the it:
:foreach card in=[/interface wireless find] do={/interface wireless set $card disable-running-check=yes}
rgs Pilgrim