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

[Joe Emenaker <joe@emenaker.com>]

Eric van der Paardt wrote:

> -snip
>
> 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.
>  
Like others have pointed out, make sure that eth0 is not on the "auto" 
line in /etc/network/interfaces. The only thing on the "auto" line 
should be "lo"

For my laptop, I use ifplugd for eth0 and waproamd for my wireless eth1. 
When waproamd senses an access point, it tries to connect to it. 
Whenever I plug a live ethernet cable into eth0, it tries to connect to 
*that*. Works like a *charm*.

Also, look in /etc/defaults/ifplugd and make sure that 
"HOTPLUG_INTERFACES" is set to nothing. If it is set to "all" or "eth0", 
it will override anything on the auto line in /etc/network/interfaces 
(just learned that the hard way three days ago).

- Joe

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