Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 23:28:23 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: brian@Awfulhak.org (Brian Somers), winter@jurai.net (Matthew N. Dodd), arch@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.awfulhak.org Subject: Re: Software detection of link integrity Message-ID: <62877.961622903@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:17:38 -0000." <200006212117.OAA11432@usr02.primenet.com>
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In message <200006212117.OAA11432@usr02.primenet.com>, Terry Lambert 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. > >What about a dial on demand device that is transiently connected >to the Internet, either through an integrated Analog or ISDN modem? But a dial on demand line is a layered concept. You have a transient physical line with a layer on top of it which pretends to be a permanent line. In this case we obviously talk about the toplayer, not the bottom layer. -- 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
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