Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1188 mails)

[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Anton Aylward wrote:
> Dave Howorth said the following on 01/09/2012 07:53 AM:
> > I haven't thought about this very hard but what is the effect if I
> > simply unplug a network cable and then plug it back in again? I would
> > hope no effect - it should be completely transparent to any applications
> > with TCP connections in progress.
> It will depend, surely, on how long the cable is unplugged for and what
> the applications are doing.
>
> The man page says you can specify the poll time and latencies and that
> might have something to do with it all as well.
>
> Like so many questions, "it all depends" on specific circumstances.

As long as the cable is plugged in again before the lease expires, the 
same address should be provided.  However, if unplugged long enough, 
open TCP connections and some applications or services will fail.
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