Hello, I wanted to call your attention to what I think is a bug in testmii or maybe whereami, as it exists in the Ubuntu package 0.3.18. I have documented it partially at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=309224#post309224 Basically, if the interface is not up when testmii is run, it will fail regardless of the link status. So I put a check in to make sure the interfaces is up. You'll notice a sleep 10 in there. That's because ifconfig returns before the interface is actually ready to be tested. 5 was too short -- testmii will work after 5 but testarp won't. Didn't test to find the absolute shortest time. It would be nice if there was some way to force ifconfig to wait until the interface is usable before returning. I realize this is a Debian list, but the package info for whereami suggests writing this list, so here I am ;) I have a strong suspicion that this problem exists in the debian package as well. John -- If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away. -- W H Auden
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