From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 23 13:02:51 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3E5316A41C; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:02:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 194F643D55; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:02:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5ND2nkf082347; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 08:02:49 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <42BAB2F5.9090504@centtech.com> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 08:02:45 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050603 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gnn@freebsd.org References: <42B97DD3.3040109@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: New dhclient - supposed to 'down'/'delete'? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:02:52 -0000 gnn@freebsd.org wrote: > At Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:03:47 -0500, > Eric Anderson wrote: > >>Is the new dhclient code supposed to down and delete an interface when >>it has been disconnected from the media? > > > It currently does not do this. It's interesting because this has some > nice side effects, like not losing your IP just because you moved the > machine, but also has the stated deleterious side effect that you > mention. > > I think we need to figure out a proper mechanism to handle these cases > so we get the best of both worlds. How about only down/delete other disconnected interfaces when a currently disconnected interface comes online? Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. ------------------------------------------------------------------------