Re: off topic - hope somebody can help

[Antony Stone <Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk>]

On Friday 11 June 2004 12:42 pm, Gavin Hamill wrote:

> On Friday 11 June 2004 12:29, Antony Stone wrote:
> > Why shouldn't it?   The interface is still fully functioning even if you
> > choose to disconnect it - I think plenty of people would get upset if the
> > interface went down on its own just because the cable got unplugged (or
> > the hub had a short power failure)...
>
> This is definately one of the biggest no-brain decisions Microsoft made
> with Windows 2000 - as soon as the link on an Ethernet adapter disappears,
> all open TCP sessions from the workstation are immediately reset.
>
> Multiply that by power-cycling a 48-port switch, and you have a headache :/

Sheesh - I did not know that - I wrote what I did above on the basis that this 
would be such a stupid and inconvenient thing to do that of course nobody 
would implement it as a standard "feature".

Glad to know that no matter how hard I try, Microsoft still manages to exceed 
my expectations of their inept design concepts.

Antony.

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