wait a minute.. I just had a thought that maybe might help here (or not??):

Perhaps our concept of 'losing the internet connection' needs to be better defined/understood here...

Do you indeed mean that your cable modem (I am making that assumption based upon your cox.net email address)
re-establishes its connection with the ISP network on the cable?? If so, then its likely obtaining a different public
IP address when this occurs, and, if so, thats exactly what would be expected. How is the connection supposed to
'follow' IP address changes mid-stream??

Or maybe that isnt it at all...

JIM WB6NIL


From: AA7RP@cox.net
To: app_rpt-users@qrvc.com
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:06:10 -0700
Subject: [App_rpt-users] Node Disconnect

I created a permalink using ilink,13 and I’m still having the same problem with disconnects.  Anyone else have any ideas?
 
Ron, AA7RP
 
 
On Jul 15, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Jim Nessen wrote:
 
>Have you looked at permalinks?  I believe that they attempt to re-establish in the event that an internet blip is >detected.
> 
>I don't have my node handy atm to look and see what function it is, but take a look at it, might solve your issue.
> 
>Jim, K6JWN
 
On Jul 15, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Ron Phillips wrote:
 
> I have a problem keeping two of my nodes connected at all times.  It seems that if I lose the Internet connection for only a few seconds, the two nodes disconnect from each other.  Is there a way to prevent this from happening?
>  
> Ron, AA7RP