halted system still working as router.

Paul (paul.hessels@sheridanc.on.ca)
Wed, 28 Oct 1998 17:02:15 -0500


I was told to post this here, so here goes.

-P133 32meg RAM
-kernel 2.0.35
-ip masqs between the internet and my internal network.

The power in my apartment went out and my ups was about to fail. I
typed "shutdown -h now" <enter>. The machine shutdown and halted. It
said, The system is halted, and System Halted. My ups never did die.
The curious thing was that when the power came back on I found that my
computer was still routing traffic to the internet. Is this normal
behaviors for a computer that has been halted? Is this a kernel
problem, or specific to my machine(or my kernel)?

-- 
--Paul
Linux: For IQs higher than 95 or 98 !

Def'n LILO(li-lo) n The most dangerous virus known to Microsoft.

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