[H-GEN] Stallion Easyserver - ports resetting

[Christopher Biggs]

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Robert Brockway <robert at timetraveller.org> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:

> Hi all.  This is a resend of the email I sent yesterday with the terrible
> lag to my mail client..  I've added a bit of extra info...

> 
> Anyway, the config hasn't changed but now the PPP ports reinitialise
> themselves after a PPP calls ends.  By reinitialise I mean they restore
> themselves to defaults - PPP goes away, etc.  

How did you configure the ports?   Config file?  Web interface?
Command line interface?

> 
> The config is full of 'sets' and I'm wondering if I should use 'define'
> which commits changes to the NVRAM.  It all happened Friday afternoon so I
> haven't tried this yet.

Ah yes, that will be it.   

   SET = change active config, do not change permanent config
         (i.e. settings do not persist after reboot)
   DEFINE = change permanent config, not active config
         (i.e. settings do not take effect until after next reboot)
   CHANGE = perform union of SET and DEFINE
         (i.e settings take effect immediately, *and* persist after reboot)

For serial port settings, it's slightly different.  "SET" still
changes the active config, but whenever the port is closed (eg PPP
hangup) it's reinitialized from the permanent config.  So "SET PORT
FOO" only takes effect until that port is next closed.

For settings other than serial ports, anything modified using "SET"
will persist until the next reboot.

You almost always want to use CHANGE, unless you're doing temporary
modifications for testing something.

> 
> I've checked deja and found little or nothing to cover this.
> 

Geez, call support!  We have six guys in Toowong sitting on their
arses playing Solitaire who need to be kept busy.  ;-)

--cjb

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