[ale] network rant

[Mark Wright]

If you find a way to change the IP on the fly I would like to know too. 
  I had a conflict occur when I bridged two networks in my house.  I 
wasted way to many hours trying to figure out what I was doing wrong 
trying to fix an IP address conflict.  I never reboot any of my 
systems.  I am probably on the extreme in this regard but my complete 
disgust for OS's that can't do anything without a three finger salute 
has made me stubborn.


Mark
On Apr 19, 2005, at 5:29 PM, James P. Kinney III wrote:

> If the external IP address and DNS for a systems changes, why do I have
> to REBOOT the linux machine to make all of the networking function
> properly?!?!?!
>
> Changed an ISP. Migrated all of the old IP's to the new IP's. Migrated
> the firewall to use the new IP's. Restarted networking and firewall.
> Found the LAN couldn't browse to certain web sites (<gag><spit>AOL,
> MSN</spit></gag>). Went round and round with MTU settings, traceroutes,
> tcpdump, tequila (it didn't help, but it calmed things down a bit).
> Finally, I rebooted the firewall box and all was right with the world.
>
> When, oh when, is the networking stack going to FLUSH memory on 
> startup?
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