Re: Probable bug in handling disabled network interfaces (2.2.12)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 17 Sep 1999 23:47:55 +0100 (BST)

> still loaded. If you ask about it with "ifconfig cipcb0", the
> interface is present, with all configuration data still intact, except
> that the UP marker is missing, of course. The result...

Thats ok so far

> The system still responds to the address associated with cipcb0. It
> responds to ARP broadcasts, evidently on the assumption that, having
> received the ARP and noticing that it had /some/ interface with that

Thats wrong. Ok that needs investigating

Alan

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