On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:39:44AM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > My laptop has two fixed (e.g., not PCMCIA) network cards, one wired > and one wireless (802.11a/b combo). Both are set up by default to use > DHCP in /etc/network/interfaces, and right now the wired card comes up > first. I'd like to not wait to a DHCP timeout if I don't need to. I > also know the question "is there an Ethernet cable connected" can be > asked, though not how. Also, I don't want both the wired and wireless > up the vast majority of the time. >
Ifplugd (in sid/testing) should do the trick: Description: A configuration daemon for ethernet devices ifplugd is a daemon which will automatically configure your ethernet device when a cable is plugged in and automatically unconfigure it if the cable is pulled. This is useful on laptops with onboard network adapters, since it will only configure the interface when a cable is really connected. HTH DT -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about Denver, Colorado USA | cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the time, for no good reason. - Jack Handey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
