Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 18 Sep 1999 10:24:15 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <> | Subject | Re: Probable bug in handling disabled network interfaces (2.2.12) |
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Hello Alexey,
On Sat, 18 Sep 1999 kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote: > Hello! > > (disabled) cipcb0's address. > "ifconfig xxx down" does _not_ disable the interface, it shutdowns > driver. If "ifconfig xxx" shows something, the interface is present, > all the addresses configured on it are "deprecated", but they are still > valid addresses of this host.
> To disable interface completely you have to remove its addresses. Then How ? , I can't use 0.0.0.0 or 255.255.255.255 or "" .
> > "rmmod cipcb", so that cipcb0 truly disappears, makes the system stop > > responding to the downed interface's address. > Exactly.
Anmd I just dont/wont use modules . Tia, JimL +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | 25416 22nd So | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | DesMoines WA 98198 | only on AXP | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
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