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Newer page: version 4 Last edited on Friday, March 28, 2003 5:57:20 pm by JohnMcPherson
Older page: version 2 Last edited on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 10:18:34 am by JohnMcPherson Revert
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 if you get this error, good luck, and please, let us know how you did it :) 
  
 Looking at the 2.4.12 kernel source, it happens if: 
- * an [ATM] link loses its [VCC]  
- * A usb network device loses its network link. 
+* an [ATM] link loses its [VCC]  
+* A usb network device loses its network link. 
 So the device is still working properly, it can't contact the remote end. How this is different to [EHOSTDOWN] or [EHOSTUNREACH] is not clear. 
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+Perhaps the distinction is in setting up a connection versus sending data over a previously established connection that has failed? -- JohnMcPherson