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On Monday, September 20, 2010 13:21:25 Michał Górny wrote: |
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> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:16:08 -0500 William Hubbs wrote: |
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> > The drawback I see for newnet is that it does not allow the user to |
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> > control each interface separately, so if you want to cycle one |
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> > interface for some reason, this is not doable in that setup. I agree |
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> > this is a serious drawback. Oldnet addresses this by having a |
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> > separate script for each interface. |
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> That's not entirely true. If you use DHCP indeed, 'cycling' a single |
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> interface is as simple as: |
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> $ ifconfig eth0 down |
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> [...] |
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> $ ifconfig eth0 up |
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relying on DHCP isnt an acceptable solution which means there is no safe way |
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to "reset" a single interface. from a maintainer/general pov, William's |
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statement is "true enough". |
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-mike |