I have 2 NICs: eth0 is 192.168.0.10 eth1 is 10.10.10.10 default route is 192.168.0.1 (via eth0) Both NICs are "up". eth0 is the only NIC with cable connected (and working). If I ping 10.10.10.10, it works (via loopback). However, if I do 'ifconfig eth1 down' and then ping 10.10.10.10, it still works. Is this the correct behavior? Suppose there is "real" 10.10.10.0 network on the other side of the default gateway/router and I want to get to the "real" 10.10.10.10? Isn't "shutting down" the NIC via ifconfig enough? thanks larry - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
