Hello Vincent,

On Tue, 5 Apr 2011 12:47:07 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> The wicd-manager-settings.conf(5) man page says:
> 
>        link_detect_tool = <0|1|2>
>               0 = autodetect
>               1 = ethtool
>               2 = mii-tool
> 
> but ethtool and mii-tool are low-level tools, not reliable. The
> netlink interface should be used instead (like what Network Manager
> does).

I only found libnfnetlink0 in Debian. Is this what you're referring to?

If yes, we would need a python wrapper around it, and I don't know how feasible
that is.

If no, would you please point me to the right direction? :)

Thanks,
David

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