it does not release assigned address until one set ip manually to 0.0.0.0 On Thursday 09 of October 2003 21:45, Tais M. Hansen wrote: > "Tais M. Hansen" <tais.hansen@osd.dk> sporoca: > > Hi, > > Hopefully you're already aware and have fixed this. (2.4.22) > > If I set eth0 to ip 192.168.1.1 and ping this address on the local > computer, it obviously answers. If I then do a ifconfig eth0 down, and ping > the address again, it still answers! -- Lep pozdrav, Bostjan Skufca (bostjan.skufca@domenca.si) sistemski administrator / sysadmin Domenca, d.o.o. ( www.domenca.com | www.domenca.si ) Tel: +386 4 5835 444 Fax: +386 4 5831 999 - : 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