RE: Handle for things to do when network becomes available
>From: Koen Vermeer
>
>What is the right location to do things that should be done when an
>Internet connection becomes available? By that, I mean things like
>running ntpdate, flushing the mail queue, maybe do some synchronization,
>etc. I was considering an 'up do-stuff || true' statement
>in /etc/network/interfaces, but I don't really like that approach
>because it requires me to have the same lines for several interfaces
>(the network may be ethernet, or wireless, or...).
>
>My best guess is something that is called anytime a route gets set up,
>but I wouldn't know how to do that. Any ideas?
>
>Koen
I am currently trying to do something similar with scripts using ethtool
and iwlist to determine which interface is being used and how, then calling
ifup with the option of using a different interfaces file (I think it's -F
filename).
Is this the kind of thing you are after?
John
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