domain/IP + server problem (problem reproduced;even more info)

[David A. Bayly]

Paul,

I've been sending crash reports since Frontier 7.0.1 that seem to be 
triggered by a renewal of the lease of a dynamic IP from a  cable 
modem company. When dynamic IPs are assigned, they are typically 
assigned for a limited duration.  When the lease runs out it is 
automatically renewed (and the IP migth chnage at this point) , and 
in the process on a Macintosh,  TCP services are momentarily 
suspended while the OS redoes its bookkeeping. At this point my Mac 
often crashes, I surmise because it doesn't handle the notification 
correctly and carries on regardless. I need to reboot to recover, 
whatever Frontier does is irrecoverable.

This isn't the same problem as you describe, but it points to some 
crashy bugs in the same general area.  There's also  a number of 
things that appear to go wrong if you run with 2 IP addresses for the 
same server.  Again it mostly works, but there are some odds 
situations that just aren't handled correctly.

Not much help, but a type of confirmation.



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