On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:19:41 +1300 Andrew Errington wrote: > <snip> > > Having now had a play with ifplugd on my desktop, I am sold on it. > > Cannot wait to try it on the laptop, which has two network interfaces > > (wired and wireless). > > > > Amazing to unplug and replug the network cable on the desktop and see > > the interface go down and up. Its pretty well instant too. > > I must check to see if this is what Mepis uses. It certainly does what you > describe, and yes, it's pretty cool. My wired and wireless interfaces are > on different PCMCIA cards, and it's great to pop one out and slot the other > one in... and presto! It all works. Mind you, Windows does this, so I'd > expect nothing less. > > Andy
ahh well pcmcia has that ability based on the kernel detecting you slotting the pcmcia card in and out. ifplugd bases it on the cable being plugged into the card, which is a subtle difference. (I am not sure what its mechanism is for wireless). Try plugging the wired ethernet card in without a cable attached. Does it try to bring the link up? -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
