I'm using ifplugd to detect cable insertion, it works perfectly. Since I mostly use the laptop in a single network I do not know how it integrates with programs like whereami.
Baruch * Andrew McMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021104 23:18]: > On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 05:42, Craig Genner wrote: > > I'm going to be in a similar situation soon where I will be swapping network > > locations but I will be using an inbuilt network device, not a pcmcia card. > > How would I also get to autodetect when the network cable has been plugged > > in and then start the network services, and stop the same services when it > > is unplugged. > > With pcmcia you just look for the card but it would be harder with a network > > cable > > Yes. I plug my cable in before opening the lid, and then whereami runs > on the apm resume event. > > I want to add some sort of cable detection daemon though, and trigger on > that, or get one of the existing ones to provide a it more of an > interface that whereami can use. > > Cheers, > Andrew. -- Baruch Even http://baruch.ev-en.org/ http://www.nongnu.org/chktex/
