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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!dleroy
  3. From: dleroy@mitchell.cit.cornell.edu (David J LeRoy)
  4. Subject: ifconfig question
  5. Message-ID: <DLEROY.92Aug13124459@mitchell.cit.cornell.edu>
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  9. Organization: Information Technologies/Network Resources; Cornell University;
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  12. Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 17:44:59 GMT
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  14.  
  15. Can someone explain to my why when I "ifconfig <interface> down", the
  16. route previously created to that interface and is in the routing table
  17.  
  18. A) remains in the table
  19.  
  20. and more importantly
  21.  
  22. B) keeps the U (up) flag intact.
  23.  
  24.  
  25. Thanks
  26.  
  27.  
  28. Dave LeRoy
  29. dleroy@mitchell.cit.cornell.edu
  30.