From: "Christopher Friesen" <cfriesen@nortel.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: jadevree@mtu.edu, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: address pingable with interface down
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 17:06:11 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <446271E3.9070208@nortel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060510.130012.128043400.davem@davemloft.net>
David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Jon DeVree <jadevree@mtu.edu>
>>I've noticed in the past that the address owned by an interface is
>>still pingable after that interface is brought down.
> People bring this up all the time and this behavior is
> intentional.
> This is becoming a serious FAQ and very tiresome to explain over and
> over again.
Maybe the fact that so may people ask about or are surprised by it is a
sign that it is counter-intuitive and should perhaps be more fully
documented?
The fact that "ifconfig" or "ip addr" show IP addresses as specifically
associated with individual ethernet links may contribute to this
problem--it sure makes it look like the IP address is an attribute of
the link rather than the host.
Chris
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-10 23:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-10 19:48 address pingable with interface down Jon DeVree
2006-05-10 20:00 ` David S. Miller
2006-05-10 20:47 ` Jason Lunz
2006-05-10 21:03 ` Ian McDonald
2006-05-10 23:06 ` Christopher Friesen [this message]
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