On Tuesday 30 Sep 2014 11:12:34 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > For a device (beaglebone black) I am looking for a solution > of the following problem: > > This little computer boots a fully blown Gentoo linux. It is > used mostly as headless device (capturing data from attached > sensors). > > From time to time I want access it via LAN. > > If the device was booted without LAN attached, the configured > ethernet was not found and dhcpd fails. > So Gentoo goes into "no LAN"-mode (or something like that). > > > > Is there a less "waiting for the timeout"-prone way to refresh > the status of the LAN beside putting the accoring init-script > into a cron job ??? > > > Is there a way to check, whether a RJ45 was plugged into the > device and if so to start init-script then? > > Thank you very much in advance for any help! > Best regards, > mcc
Typically used on laptops:
[I] sys-apps/ifplugd
Available versions:
0.28-r9 [doc selinux]
Installed versions: 0.28-r9(11:14:57 12/18/10)(-doc)
Homepage: http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/
Description: Brings up/down ethernet ports automatically with
cable detection
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Regards,
Mick
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