On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 02:18:40PM +0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
> bouyer@antioche.eu.org (Manuel Bouyer) writes:
> 
> >> Well, I wouldn't. Instead I would expect to be told that the network
> >> connection is no longer usable.
> 
> >And then you would do the same if the UTP link dissapears (most ethernet
> >drivers can report this too). 
> >Would you expect to see your ssh connections be killed just because the
> >switch you're connected to is being reloaded ?
> 
> I was talking about _local_ _administrative_ _decisions_. A reloaded
> switch is surely not a part of that category. Not even removing the
> network cable would be, unlike for example an 'ifconfig down'.

you can use ifconfig down/ifconfig up to reset the interface (e.g. restart
autoneg with the switch). This is sometimes usefull, and you don't want to
loose active TCP connections because of this.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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