Yes, very nice explanation. Bill
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kaj Haulrich > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 5:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] How to trouble shoot 'eth0 FAILED'? > > > On Monday 17 May 2004 10:56, Derek Jennings wrote: > > > One of the nice things about Linux is that all configuration is > > by clear text files. No messing about with arcane registry > > entries is required. When you set that box in the GUI to disable > > 'Network Hotplugging' what the GUI does is write > > "MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes" into the configuration file for that > > interface. You can learn an awful lot about Linux by exploring > > the configuration files in the /etc folder, but of course for a > > newbie it is awfully conforting to be able to use a GUI to > > configure your system. > > > > Network Hotplugging is a daemon which looks for Ethernet > > "heartbeats". Most Ethernet cards are able to detect electrical > > signals which indicate that there is another ethernet device on > > the other end of the cable (MII). If Network Hotplugging is > > enabled your system will automatically "up" an interface when the > > heartbeat is detected, and will "down" it if the heartbeat > > disappears. This is especially good for laptops because it means > > you can just plug in the Ethernet cable, and within a few seconds > > you are connected to the network. > > The downside of hotplugging is that there are a few devices which > > will get confused and end up in the wrong mode, and some devices > > do not support it at all. Hence the ability to disable it. > > Derek, I don't know your professsional occupation, but if you > published a book for linux newbies, you'd become a millionaire > overnight. > > Kaj Haulrich. > -- > * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * > * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * > >
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