Dave Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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:
Aah, that looks like it, thanks. README.gz says "support for wireless networking, whenever an AP is detected the network is configured"; I wonder if that'll work with my sketchy wireless driver. :-) -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
