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Date:      Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:48:52 -0700
From:      "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org>
To:        "'Bakul Shah'" <bakul@BitBlocks.com>, "'Robert Watson'" <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Problems with OpenBSD dhclient 
Message-ID:  <002c01c588b5$72661d00$642a15ac@SMILEY>
In-Reply-To: <200507141914.j6EJEneq070016@gate.bitblocks.com>

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From: Bakul Shah
>
> To avoid interface flapping perhaps some hysteresis needs to
> be introduced in dhclient?  If a link up event occurs within
> N seconds of a link down event, ignore them both!  N may need 
> to be tunable.  Such hysteresis is _not_ needed for 
> administrative up/down -- when I say `ifconfig ath0 down', I 
> want it down *now*!

It would be better to disconnect association events from link events.
If anything, link events should be tied to the radio being turned on or
off.




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