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eeades 02-28-2005 02:51 PM
Network card connection state
 
Does anyone know where the driver for the realtek cards would put the connection status of the cable? What I would like to do is modify the startup script so that DHCP is not trying to aquire an address if the cable is not hooked up. If I am using wireless, or in a location that I do not have/need network access, I do not want to wait for DHCP to decide that it won't get a response.

Thanks,

Eric

nonzero 02-28-2005 03:07 PM
We do not mess with startup scripts, we add and remove services or devices using the appropriate tools. i.e. ifconfig eth0 down etc. etc.....

nz

Matir 02-28-2005 03:14 PM
You should be able to use mii-tool to determine this. This SHOULD work:
Code:
if [ `/sbin/mii-tool eth0 | grep -ci 'link up'` -eq 0 ]
then echo "Link is down"
else echo "Link is up"
fi

eeades 02-28-2005 06:13 PM
Thank you very much

Eric


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