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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:45:02 -0700
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Subject: [Bugme-new] [Bug 3657] New: downed interfaces acting as aliases
http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3657
Summary: downed interfaces acting as aliases
Kernel Version: 2.6.8.1
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Owner: shemminger@xxxxxxxx
Submitter: mbm@xxxxxxx
An interface will still reply while down, acting as an ip alias if any other
adapters have a compatible subnet.
Scenerio:
Using a laptop on a wired network, 192.168.1.0/24 subnet, eth0 set to
192.168.1.2. Moved to a different network on wireless, also a 192.168.1.0/24.
The ethernet is still configured for 192.168.1.2 but the interface is down
(ifconfig eth0 down); wireless clients on the second network are now having
issues, 192.168.1.2 requests are going to the laptop.
To confirm the issue, eth0 is changed to 192.168.1.254 and brought down again
(an ip not in use on the wireless network). All wireless clients are magically
able to ping 192.168.1.254.
Steps to reproduce:
ifconfig eth0 10.1.2.3 (or any random nonroutable ip)
ifconfig eth0 down
ping 10.1.2.3
.. wtf, how did it get a reply from a down'd interface?
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