Re: what's the best way to deal with a disconnect eth0?
Am Mittwoch, 16. Februar 2005 17:30 schrieb Eric van der Paardt:
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> The biggest thing holding me back is eth0, w/o a cable connected you get
> a bunch of ugly DHCP connection junk on startup and it takes a long time
> to time out. This will almost NEVER be connected, but I don't want to
> just remove the auto setup for that interface in case someday he does
> plug it into something...
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> So is there a way with the /etc/interfaces stuff to only try to
> auto-configure eth0 if there is a cable plugged in?
Have a look at laptop-net. When a cable is plugged in, it tests whether the
computer is connected to a configured network. If so, networking parameters
are set accordingly. Works as a daemon, so no need to plug in the cable
during boot.
HTH,
Tobias
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> Eric G. van der Paardt
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> Systems Administrator
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