Re: Network iface is down but pingable

Peter Benie (pjb1008@cam.ac.uk)
Thu, 07 Oct 1999 00:08:50 +0100


Richard B. Johnson writes ("Re: Network iface is down but pingable"):
> On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Jochen Topf wrote:
> > I think this is a bug, if the interface is gone, the route should go too. If
> > this is not a bug maybe somebody can enlighten me on the proper procedure
> > for taking an interface down.
>
> Others have thought that this is a bug also. However, it was decided that
> it is not a bug although the logic escapes me.

>From the description, I would say that there is a bug, but it is NOT
that the route isn't removed.

Deleting the route when an interface is taken down is like deleting a
symlink when the target file is deleted. It's extremely frustrating if
you have a non-trivial configuration and all you wanted to do was to
attempt to reset the ethernet controller with rmmod/insmod.

Peter

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