Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-42,: Re: Dynamic IP hack (PR#294)

# Re: Dynamic IP hack (PR#294)

Erik Corry (erik@arbat.com)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 23:26:32 +0200

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In article <199810181609.UAA02207@ms2.inr.ac.ru> you wrote:

> Just think a bit. Or even better make some experiments to be convinced,
> that this trick never results in something useful.

It kills the socket, which is very useful. Read the
doc (in the patch).

Lots of people have tested it (on 2.0), and all have found
it very useful. If you are using dial-on-demand with
dynamic IP-Addresses then it is essential in order to keep
the phone bill down. Almost everyone who uses ISDN4Linux
comes into this category. As do most diald users.

It is true that Andi Kleens patch is potentially cleaner -
I haven't tested it.

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