On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Thomas Bächler <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 09.05.2013 23:29, schrieb Thomas Bächler: >> When switching networks in auto.action, the addresses are not flushed. This >> is especially problematic with stateless ipv6 autoconfigutation, as invalid >> IPs may stay around until their (potentially very long) lifetime has expired. >> >> bring_interface_down is always called after ip_unset everywhere else, so >> this change does not affect anything else. > > This may not be a good idea, since it probably flushes the link-local > address. I must test more. >
It does indeed flush the link-local address too. When are link-local addresses added and why is it bad to flush them? - Jouke
