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Date:      Sun, 17 Jul 2005 16:18:37 +0200
From:      Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com>
To:        Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@sigpipe.cz>
Cc:        Craig Boston <craig@xfoil.gank.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Problems with OpenBSD dhclient
Message-ID:  <9216049.20050717161837@andric.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050715191122.GA1194@isis.sigpipe.cz>
References:  <20050714182136.071B35D07@ptavv.es.net> <20050714192403.H35071@fledge.watson.org> <20050714185851.GE19351@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <20050714191832.GA7462@nowhere> <20050715191122.GA1194@isis.sigpipe.cz>

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On 2005-07-15 at 21:11:23 Roman Neuhauser wrote:

>> There's nothing more annoying (to me) than unplugging a Windows 2000
>> machine for half a second to reroute or swap a network cable, then
>> finding that all the open connections were terminated because it briefly
>> lost its IP address.

>     The suggestion above got me quite agitated as this behavior of
>     windows is one of the things I abhor in the software, because it
>     (the behavior) cuts down usability of the software. Pull the wrong
>     cable from a switch after you've downloaded most of an iso image,
>     and you'll see how useful this behavior is.

Check this MS KB article for a workaround (WFM, YMMV :)

  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q239924/

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