On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 09:00 -0400, Jacques B. wrote:
> On 9/1/06, Gregory Machin <gregory.machin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Stunning data ... but doesnt tell me if the nic is unpluged .. :-(
> >
>
> The suggestion by Frank works like a charm. Either of the two works
> very well to detect if the NIC is working or not. Then something as
> simple as:
>
> /sbin/mii-tool eth0 | grep "link ok" && <insert command you wish to
> execute if link ok>
> with the command you wish to execute following the &&
Do you do that continuously to detect when the link goes down? That
sounds like a lot of overhead.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
