Re: Problems with OpenBSD dhclient

From: Dimitry Andric <dimitry_at_andric.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 16:18:37 +0200
On 2005-07-15 at 21:11:23 Roman Neuhauser wrote:

>> There's nothing more annoying (to me) than unplugging a Windows 2000
>> machine for half a second to reroute or swap a network cable, then
>> finding that all the open connections were terminated because it briefly
>> lost its IP address.

>     The suggestion above got me quite agitated as this behavior of
>     windows is one of the things I abhor in the software, because it
>     (the behavior) cuts down usability of the software. Pull the wrong
>     cable from a switch after you've downloaded most of an iso image,
>     and you'll see how useful this behavior is.

Check this MS KB article for a workaround (WFM, YMMV :)

  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q239924/

Received on Sun Jul 17 2005 - 12:19:07 UTC

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