From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Antony Stone Subject: Re: off topic - hope somebody can help Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:01:28 +0100 Sender: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: <200406111301.28581.Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk> References: <000901c44f53$44b9be80$0200000a@heretic> <200406111229.36397.Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk> <200406111242.10060.gdh@acentral.co.uk> Reply-To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200406111242.10060.gdh@acentral.co.uk> Errors-To: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org 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. -- I think, therefore I am. I'm pink, therefore I'm Spam. I drink, therefore I think I am. Please reply to the list; please don't CC me.