Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 13:15:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Southworth <pauls@ieng.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Interfaces don't go down when network is physically down Message-ID: <Pine.IENG.4.02.9904201314550.14972-100000@home.ieng.com>
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On FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE, when you physically break an ethernet (eg, unplug
the cable) the host still thinks the interface is up and can still
ping it. Is there any way to avoid that scenario - ie, when you break
an interface, have it be really broken, down, unpingable?
The reason I ask is that a physically down ethernet network interface
does not appear to be visible FreeBSD (or to gated) which means that
OSPF really doesn't work properly.
For example, two machines, three networks:
+------+ +------+
----net1----| box1 |----net2----| box2 |----net3----
+------+ +------+
If box1 is announcing net1 to box2 via OSPF, and I physically take
down the net1 interface on box1, box1's gated never knows it, keeps
announcing the route to box2. box2 can still reach the net1 interface on
box1, even though net1 should really be unreachable via box1.
Any work-around for this?
[FYI, this is not really a FreeBSD-specific problem - Linux and Solaris
also appear to fail this test.]
--Paul
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