On Sun, 2006-09-07 at 08:52 -0400, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:

Ok, didnt complete my thought there ..

I dont like it, like i said, because it adds one more check
in the first path. I was contemplating at some point even not doing the 

".. not doing the " check for device up and just shove the packet at it.

cheers,
jamal

PS:-  warning on response still applies.