[kopete-bugs] [Bug 206928] New: AIM keeps disconnecting frequently when DHCP lease is set short (60 minutes)

[David Trebacz]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206928

           Summary: AIM keeps disconnecting frequently when DHCP lease is
                    set short (60 minutes)
           Product: kopete
           Version: 0.70.90
          Platform: Debian testing
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kopete-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: trebacz at comcast.net


Version:           0.70.90 (using KDE 4.3.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

Not sure this is a bug with Kopete, but that is where in manifested itself
after a recent update of KDE via the PPA backports repositories for Kubuntu 64
bit OS. After an update Kopete kept dropping my AIM connection periodically. It
would automatically try and reconnect, but eventually AIM would ban
reconnection for progressively longer times. It essentially became unusable for
AIM, but the simultaneous connection to MSN chat never skipped a beat.

I looked for people having similar issues, but didn't see anything recent. I
have used Kopete successfully day in and day put for at least a couple years
with my current configuration. I even tried a purge and reinstall, in case the
update caused some weird incompatibility.

Ultimately nothing changed. Cleaning up a couple other issues on my install I
noticed that there were frequent DHCP requests made to my Smoothwall
router/firewall. Realizing I had set the DHCP lease on my Smoothwall to 60
minutes (don't remember why). I changed it to a more relevant number 10080
minutes (a week) for a small home network. Lo and behold Kopete stayed
connected to AIM without any issues. I have no idea what DHCP lease would have
to do with Kopete's ability to stay connected to AIM, but offer this up in
hopes it may shed light on the deeper issue.

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