I can confirm this. Pulling the ethernet cable plug doesn't make the interface disappear for at least a minute, either.
The script I used for verification: while true; do sleep 2; ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet Adresse"; done - - - m...@piccard:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10 ** Changed in: dhcp3 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- DHCP client doesn't react to link state changes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68037 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to dhcp3 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs