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Old 08-15-2009, 06:54 AM   #1
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How to detect eth0 status?

I have an ADSL modem connected to my Ethernet card. I use pppoe-start to connect to the Internet. I want to know whether my modem is switched on (i.e.,if eth0 is up) so that i can run pppoe-start because the pppoe-start script does not seem to check the state of eth0 and tries to start pppoe. Is there any command to know modem's status??
 
Old 08-15-2009, 06:58 AM   #2
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ummm...try ifconfig in terminal

Quote:
ifconfig
and uh..I think you can look in /etc/resolvconf and somwhere in there is a file named resolv.conf

mine says

Code:
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 71.252.0.12
nameserver 71.242.0.12
search linksys
however, also in /etc/dhcp3 or /etc/ifplugd

it matters what distro your using too

please tell us what distro and your computer specs?
 
Old 08-15-2009, 06:58 AM   #3
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You can use
ifconfig
 
Old 08-15-2009, 07:11 AM   #4
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Welcome to LQ kakaburra!

ummm...try ifconfig in terminal



and uh..I think you can look in /etc/resolvconf and somwhere in there is a file named resolv.conf

mine says

Code:
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 71.252.0.12
nameserver 71.242.0.12
search linksys
however, also in /etc/dhcp3 or /etc/ifplugd

it matters what distro your using too

please tell us what distro and your computer specs?
Thankyou, but even if i switch off the modem, ifconfig still returns eth0's information.Output being


root@darkstar:/root# ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:76:84:6e:c6
inet6 addr: fe80::216:76ff:fe84:6ec6/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5935 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5940 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3341987 (3.1 MiB) TX bytes:1182225 (1.1 MiB)
Interrupt:23 Base address:0xb800

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:786 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:786 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:88176 (86.1 KiB) TX bytes:88176 (86.1 KiB)

ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:59.93.69.27 P-t-P:59.93.64.1 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:233 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:240 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:122686 (119.8 KiB) TX bytes:47759 (46.6 KiB)

I use Slackware 12.2.
There are no /etc/dhcp3 or /etc/ifplugd files.
Last edited by kakaburra; 08-15-2009 at 07:14 AM.
 
Old 08-15-2009, 07:14 AM   #5
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You can use
ifconfig
Thankyou, but ifconfig doesn't help as i said in previous post.

NOT: My internet connection is perfectly fine. I just want to know my modem's status (i.e.,switched on/off ) so that i can write a script which automatically runs pppoe-start script if eth0 goes up.
 
Old 08-15-2009, 07:17 AM   #6
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can you post the output from ifconfig if the modem is connected, but pppoe isn't started ?
 
Old 08-15-2009, 07:22 AM   #7
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can you post the output from ifconfig if the modem is connected, but pppoe isn't started ?
root@darkstar:/root# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:76:84:6e:c6
inet6 addr: fe80::216:76ff:fe84:6ec6/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6466 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6431 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3548870 (3.3 MiB) TX bytes:1319848 (1.2 MiB)
Interrupt:23 Base address:0xb800

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:786 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:786 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:88176 (86.1 KiB) TX bytes:88176 (86.1 KiB)

As you can see, if pppoe is not started, it doesn't show up in ifconfig's output, but eth0 is always been showed.
 
Old 08-15-2009, 07:33 AM   #8
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You could try to look in
Code:
/var/log/messages
or
Code:
dmesg
to see if you find a line when the modem is switched on, and go from there
 
Old 08-15-2009, 07:44 AM   #9
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Thankyou. The last few lines of /var/log/messages and dmesg do help.
 
Old 08-15-2009, 05:54 PM   #10
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The link status from
Code:
ethtool eth0
might be another way for you to check.
 
Old 08-30-2009, 02:28 AM   #11
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Thankyou, that also works.
 
  


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