netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: addrconf: clear IPv6 addresses and routes when losing link

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Message-ID: <1288666227.4003.43.camel@dcbw.foobar.com>
Date:	Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:50:27 -0500
From:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
To:	Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, brian.haley@...com,
	shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: addrconf: clear IPv6 addresses and routes when
 losing link

On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 11:02 -0700, Lorenzo Colitti wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:55 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> >> Are there? For wifi you could look at the SSID (though even that is no
> >
> > I'm saying to check the AP's MAC.
> 
> Ah yes, that works better. But for wired? Or do you think it should be
> fixed only for wifi?

Only looking at the SSID tells you if you're on a different network.
Just looking at the AP MAC is like plugging into a different port on the
same switch: it's still the same network.

Dan


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