Return-Path: Message-ID: <5256d0b05060107543c6668d5@mail.gmail.com> From: Peter Robinson To: bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] IPv6 stateless address autoconf on bnep iface in down state In-Reply-To: <200506011659.08000.feketga@delfin.unideb.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <200506011659.08000.feketga@delfin.unideb.hu> Sender: bluez-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Reply-To: bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: BlueZ development List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 15:54:35 +0100 On 6/1/05, Gabor Fekete wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I have a problem with bnepX interfaces. > I use stateless address autoconfiguration to set up the address > on a bnep0 interface. It works fine. > But when I 'ip link set bnep0 down' then after seeing the routes > and ip addresses of bnep0 disappear, they appear again. > That is, ip addresses and routes are created for bnep interfaces > even if they are down. > After putting the interface down > o the global ip address appears in 'ip -6 addr' for bnep0 > o the link-local address does NOT appear > o the prefix routes appear for bnep0 in 'ip -6 route' > o the default route for bnep0 appears in 'ip -6 route' > This happens only for bnep interfaces. For wired and > WLAN interfaces, the addresses and routes disappear as they should > and never come back unless the interface is put "up" again. >=20 > Is this the normal behaviour for bnep interfaces or a bug? > This behavious causes a problem for example MIPL2 (MIPv6) >From memory I think this is normal behaviour of network interfaces in general under Linux. I think if you have any sort of network interface in a down state you can still ping the actual IP address on the interface. I seem to remember this being discussed on lkml. But then my memory may not be correct too. Pete ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 _______________________________________________ Bluez-devel mailing list Bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-devel