[PLUG] Incoming Mail Issue: Script Failing [RESOLVED]

[wes]

On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>wrote:

> On Tue, 27 May 2014, wes wrote:
>
> > Possibly a faulty DSL modem?
>
> wes,
>
>    Not quite. What aracnet told me is that when Frontier bought Verizon's
> land lines they changed the DSL routers. The new ones are not
> static-IP-address compatible with the routers at aracnet. As I'm not a
> hardware or networking professional I accept that such a situation exists.
> So, it's specific to aracnet/spiritone and other ISPs with similar
> hardware.
>
>    Regardless, it's a serious PITA, as I had the same static IP address
> for a
> dozen years.
>
> Rich
>

A long-lasting DHCP address is different from a static IP address. I still
contend that your IP is changing far too often to be normal.

-wes