My notebook has non-PCMCIA LAN, and I'd like to make Linux a little smarter in how it deals with the device. Currently, I am manually raising and dropping the interface, but the network chip does know when there's a cable plugged in to it as most do.
Windoze is smart enough to send out a DHCP request and enable the device
as soon as the cable is plugged in. It also knows to disable the thing
when the network cable goes away. I realise this behavior is far too
logical and intelligent for the UNIX world where everything must be done
by hand the hard way and that PnP is for people who like machines with
only one mouse button. However, I happen to like machines with only one
mouse button, and I would like the network device to behave itself.
Any suggestions?
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