-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Aaahh... Physical... try doing a ping, or some such, & run ifconfig - -a again. You should see a change in the number of packets each way. Also, check those status lights on the hub & so on.
You might also try an ethernet sniffer on a different machine (e.g. etheral) - -----Original Message----- From: Raymundo M. Vega [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 2:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Interface status on my computer it does not work, i disconnected the wire from the ethernet port and the ifconfig is the same, i think it tells if the interface is up in the kernel, not if the inteface has carrier from switch/hub. This is from ifconfig man page: up This flag causes the interface to be activated. It is implicitly specified if an address is assigned to the interface. raymundo Francisco Neira wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jorge Gossain Filho wrote: > | Hi all > | > | How can I know if the interface "ethx" is up or down when my hub > | or > switch is > | down ?? > | > | only pinging ?? or there is one way to discover that protocol is > | down > | > | > | > > Watch the UP word returned by ifconfig > > HTH > > > - -- > Francisco Neira B. /~\ The ASCII > Administrador de Red \ / Ribbon > Campaign Defensoria del Pueblo X > Against > Lima, Peru, -05:00 UTC / \ HTML Email > PGP Pub Key at > http://portal.defensoria.gob.pe/~fneira/llavepublica.asc -----BEGIN > PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE+R/wXkGxqImhGCe4RAsC3AJ9oiEz0WI1KscNpNbb0UH+p2mJ4GgCeMI3/ > tK3TgDrg2LiW/Qdel7vOusU= > =XFJc > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.5.3 iQA/AwUBPkgFhNPjBkUEZx5AEQJx9gCgwRpjlZngmimYShPO8Y69bE996isAnA7Z gwtrqquKju9PglKmYrPPyp87 =5SsC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
