On 10/06/11 08:46, Brian wrote: > On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 21:07:07 +0100, Dom wrote: > >> On 09/06/11 19:35, Brian wrote: >>> >>> The question remains - Why would plugging or unplugging the ethernet >>> cable be expected to bring the interface up or down? >> >> This sounds like a job for ifplugd > > It is, because manipulating a cable does not and cannot configure and > de-configure a device of itself.
My laptop is connected to the internet with a wireless USB modem. When I plug in the network cable it autoconfigures eth0 changes the DNS and domain name... dmesg:- e100: eth0 NIC Link is Down e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex And ifconfig shows the configuration of the device has changed between the two events. How is that not configuring the device? I do hope this is not a pendatic exercise about the difference between a cable and a connection, or "by itself". Confused -- Tuttle? His name's Buttle. There must be some mistake. Mistake? [Chuckles] We don't make mistakes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4df1dafa.4030...@gmail.com
