From: Matyas Koszik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:08:01 +0200 (CEST)
> Then it maybe shouldn't affect the flow of packets while the > interface is down - or is it also something people depend on? Yes, people probably do depend upon it. Addresses are owned by the "host" not a particular device, even though they are assosciated with a particular interface. Linux defaults to using the host based addressing model instead of the interface based addressing model. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
