On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 07:53:05PM +0100, Fredrik Jagenheim wrote: > How do I make eth0 configure itself automatically whenever a network > cable is inserted? Or otherwise configure the network at the request > of a user?
[snip]
I have a similar situation. I use mii-tool (only works for
100Mbps cards, although there are other tools for various 10Mbps cards,)
to check whether or not a link is present on boot, and bring the
interface up or not based on that. I put these commands in
/etc/network/interfaces, under the pre-up section for eth0 (man
interfaces will provide more information of the specifics of the file).
Now, when eth0 comes up at boot, if 'mii-tool | grep "link ok"' fails,
the interfaces stays deconfigured.
I suppose you could also set up a cron job that periodically
checks the connection and brings the interface up or down based on that.
HTH,
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