From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Jun 20 13:39:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F69D37C2E5 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 13:39:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA55788; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:39:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Brian Somers Cc: "Matthew N. Dodd" , Terry Lambert , arch@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.awfulhak.org Subject: Re: Software detection of link integrity In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:24:25 BST." <200006202024.VAA66394@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:39:05 +0200 Message-ID: <55786.961533545@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <200006202024.VAA66394@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>, Brian Somers writes: >> I did this entirely for sppp, but it applies fully to any other >> interface: an ethernet should remain configured but remove the >> routes if the cable is unplugged. > >No, I think the aim here is to keep the routes but to adjust them so >that they're via an interface rather than an IP number, something >like: We should not keep an route to a net which is down, that is just wrong, and defeats the pupose of routing daemons like gated/zebra etc. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD coreteam member | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message