Re: A bug in 2.0.33 ?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 19:48:48 +0100 (BST)

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> Ok, this is a bit hard to explain - but I think I found a bug in 2.0.33
>
> If you add a device with IP address 0.0.0.0 (using ifconfig), any
> devices added thereafter don't seem to be able to use TCP/IP properly.

You put it in address discovery mode. This causes problems. Basically dont do
it. 2.1.x allows you to have interfaces that are up but not for IP, and
does discovery stuff the right way

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