>If the default gateway is on the interface you took down then I would >expect that route to go away. However if it is on the other interface >that remains up then I would expect that route to stay in the router >table. If it does go away then you should file a bug report because it >sounds like the decision to remove routes is based on the IP addressing >not the interface itself that went down. I believe this to be true. The default gateway is on eth0 and is being removed when eth1 is taken down. Thanks, Dave