RE: what's the best way to deal with a disconnect eth0?

["Eric van der Paardt" <evdp@bishopfixtures.com>]

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Have a look at ifplugd; I guess it does exactly what you're looking for.

Koen

Thanks Koen it works great... still pauses, but not nearly as long as
waiting for that DHCP timeout, and was easy as could be to setup.

E