Re: TCP connection and "Host is down"

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost> writes:

> Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
>>>>> Index: netinet/sctp_output.c
>>>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> looks good.  I bet that it will help 73% of the 0 people using SCTP,
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Now now.  I know people who work at a company whose principal product
>>> is layered atop SCTP.  They're currently using Linux (who isn't? grr),
>>> but if NetBSD doesn't have working SCTP, it can't ever have any users.
>>
>> Thanks for the data point.  I agree SCTP working is nicer, and meant
>> that absent anyone responding to a call for testing, the patch looks
>> like an improvement.
>
> I couldn't see how to generate the EHOSTDOWN error for a period of time
> to be able to test the patch, it looks reasonable though.

Try firewallin arp.