Re: computer with both modem and ethernet...

[Martin Würtele <martin@wuertele.cc>]

On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 12:58:26PM -0400, Walter Tautz wrote:
> is there a way to have the system to automagically
> use the modem if the ethernet wasn't plugged in
> or vice versa?

if you use it on a notebook and connect to a dhcp server you can use
something like this

#!/bin/sh

ETHIP=`/sbin/ifconfig | grep -A 4 eth0 | awk '/inet/ { print $2 } ' | sed -e
s/a
ddr://`

if [ "$ETHIP" = "" ]
then
  # put your ppp dial  script in here
fi

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