Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org> writes:
>> can't be of any further use and that the packets it could send will
>> never get anywhere and can't be replied to, I think there is something
>> wrong with leaving things be.
>
> We're disagreeing on the "never". You don't know if the IP address that
> dissapeared will be back or not.

Most of the time you do, in fact, know. Some ISPs will give you your
PPP address back. If you are using Verizon's EVDO service, you will
not (except with vanishing probability) see the same address
twice. That's why I suggested a sysctl.

Perry