Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:20:55 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Justification for using FreeBSD Message-ID: <3B2A35E7.E4094206@iowna.com> References: <200106151613.JAA27845@romeo.rtfm.com>
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Eric Rescorla wrote: > > > I beg to differ. > > DHCP standards say that a machine that reconnects requests that it be > > reassigned the IP it had prior to disconnecting. If the IP is still > > available, the server should reassign the same IP. Thus, if you're only > > disconnected for a few minutes, the chances are very good that you'll > > get the same IP and the transmission will complete. > My experience differs from you. I almost enver get the same IP > address and hence this doesn't work. And your point is? Regardless of whether or not you get the same IP, TCP is still a reliable protocol and aborting a connection just because a physical link goes down for a few minutes is still a violation of that protocol. Period. -Bill -- If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, then what can I get for two hands in the bush? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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