On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 05:46:46PM -0500, Dave Turner wrote:
> One issue is networking: If a guest OS thinks it has a connection to
> some server somewhere, it will still think that once it dies. This is
> especially problematic w.r.t. DHCP leases, which will have expired, but
> which the guest OS won't be ready to refresh for another X hours.
Bah. This is an "interface with the outside world" problem, and a tricky
one. Connections being unexpectedly cut shouldn't be a problem -- no more
then getting hung up on. Using PPP to talk to the outside would work; you
literaly /would/ get hung up on. A guest-side special network provider
could probably get the same effect. Any packets being sent out should get a
"conenection reset by peer", in effect. I think. Networking is one area
where I don't have much experince.
As to DHCP leases, the only thing I can think of is manualy regeting them.
Or using a custom driver that will tell the higher level that our lease is
up, if that's possible. Though I don't really see why you'd want to use
DHCP on the guest. (Yes, these are fragments.)
-=- James Mastros
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