On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 14:49, Ed L. wrote: > > I have a problem in which one of my network interfaces on my > dual-homed RH 8.0 server is re-activating later after I manually shut > it down (via 'ifdown eth1'). It appears to happen when I attempt to > access a VPN address previously routed to the shutdown interface. > I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how to control this behavior. > Thanks in advance. More details follow... Are you using dhcp on eth1? Is it possible that the dhcp client is reactivating the interface when its lease is up and it tries to renew? Just a thought. -- Dave Sherman MCSE, MCSA, CCNA "If we wanted you to understand it, we wouldn't call it code." -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list