bouyer@antioche.eu.org (Manuel Bouyer) writes:

>> In my opinion, reconfiguring the network is an exceptional event too.

>No. laptop users do it several times a day, when switching between
>wireless and ethernet.

Well, I switch between wireless and ethernet and I can't even use that
approach because the wireless connection is IPSEC while the ethernet
connection isn't.


>> Dropping a connection when the address becomes invalid still sounds
>> reasonable to me. I'd rather add methods for "moving" an address
>> between interfaces that would not be seen as an exception. Providing

>This won't work, because there can be a window in which you don't have
>an interface at all (for example if you have to remove your ethernet
>PCMCIA adapter to plug in the wireless one).

Sure it would :) Use a virtual interface that maps to the real interface
that is plugged in with automated failover.

Ah yes, someone has to write a driver that does this.

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