Bart Smaalders writes: > > 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.
I think automatic reconfiguration of the name services is a much better answer than any kind of "fail fast" option. The whole point of TCP/IP is to survive transients, and damaging that rather than fixing the configuration issue seems like a mistake to me. -- James Carlson, KISS Network <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
