On Monday, September 20, 2010 13:21:25 Michał Górny wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:16:08 -0500 William Hubbs wrote:
> > The drawback I see for newnet is that it does not allow the user to
> > control each interface separately, so if you want to cycle one
> > interface for some reason, this is not doable in that setup.  I agree
> > this is a serious drawback.  Oldnet addresses this by having a
> > separate script for each interface.
> 
> That's not entirely true. If you use DHCP indeed, 'cycling' a single
> interface is as simple as:
> 
> $ ifconfig eth0 down
> [...]
> $ ifconfig eth0 up

relying on DHCP isnt an acceptable solution which means there is no safe way 
to "reset" a single interface.  from a maintainer/general pov, William's 
statement is "true enough".
-mike

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