Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:11:13 -0400 | From | David T Hollis <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] netplug, a daemon that handles network cables getting plugged in and out |
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Aaron Lehmann wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 02:21:52PM -0700, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote: > > >>Netplug is a daemon that responds to network cables being plugged in or >>out by bringing a network interface up or down. This is extremely >>useful for DHCP-managed systems that move around a lot, such as laptops >>and systems in cluster environments. >> >>For more details and download instructions, see the netplug homepage: >>http://www.red-bean.com/~bos/ >> >> > >Thank you, thank you, thank you. I was just thinking today how >annoying it is that whenever I boot up my laptop, dhclient runs and tries >to get an IP address on the ethernet interface until it's ^C'd. Since >I often use the Ethernet interface this is not a bad default, but dhclient >can't even realize on its own that there's no cable plugged in. >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > Hmm, that seems to raise the question - why doesn't dhclient just handle that? On a DHCP interface, it's running anyway. if it paid attention to link status, it would know when to re-request an IP. If you are statically assigned, you don't really care anyway.
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