On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]>wrote:
> Michael C. Robinson wrote: > > I am interested in a specialty part that should be easy to make. > > The problem with patch cables is that they can be unplugged. I > > have Internet connected lines going to servers where the lines > > themselves are filtered by those servers. If the cables are > > unplugged, the servers are effectively bypassed. I want an > > obnoxious alarm ... > > > > I'm not yet a *nix user ;) > But, Windows(tm) volunteers the info that "a network cable is > unplugged". That seems to indicate that standard hardware can > detect that situation. I assume *nix is as capable as Windows (I > duck for cover ;). Monitor that function for a 'change of state'. > > Whether to add this to "client" or "server" [terms used *loosely > ;] is left to implimentor. > > > This is, of course, the concept. But Michael (the original poster) is not a programmer. He is more asking whether a tool that can be used for this purpose already exists. If not, he will probably have to improve his programming skills and write it himself :) -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
