On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 11:42, Bart Smaalders wrote:
> If we don't do automatic reconfigs of network state, is there
> a way to insure that network operations depending on a currently
> unavailable network "fail fast"? If my wireless link has dropped,
> waiting for YP/DNS/LDAP to timeout is going to be rather tiresome;
> I'd much rather it failed right away with a "no route to host"
> kind of message.
on the other hand, if a truck drives between me and my wireless access
point, I don't want the system to automatically kill my active ssh
connections or tear down my vpn tunnel because the wireless link
dropped...
- Bill
