Thanks for all the help Denys. Regards ~Sameer
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Denys Vlasenko <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday 10 January 2011 07:45, Sameer Naik wrote: >> Hello Denys, >> >> > What is your network card? >> I am using an DM6446 based platform with the RTL8201 ethernet controller. >> >> > Which detection mode is in use for your interface? >> ifplugd(eth0): using IFF_RUNNING detection mode >> >> > If it is in IFF_RUNNING detection mode, "downed" interface >> > is always seen as unplugged. >> Based on what you said, instead of bringing down the interface i added >> the line, 'post-down ifconfig $IFACE 0.0.0.0', >> to the eth0 configuration in /etc/network/interfaces, so that the eth0 >> interface is configured to 0.0.0.0 when the link is down. Thereby >> keeping the interface up while the link is down. >> >> Now ifplugd is able to report the link status as it changes. I am not >> aware of any issues that may arise from the above configuration. >> Please let me know if there are any downsides to this. > > This should be ok. > -- > vda > _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
