eth0 is up eventhough the interface is not used

[Umarzuki Mochlis <umarzuki@gmail.com>]

# ifconfig 

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1e:ec:b1:5a:76  

          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:873412038 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

          Interrupt:219 Base address:0xe000

# ethtool eth0

Settings for eth0:

Supported ports: [ TP ]

Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 

                       100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 

                       1000baseT/Full 

Supports auto-negotiation: Yes

Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 

                       100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 

                       1000baseT/Full 

Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes

Speed: Unknown! (0)

Duplex: Half

Port: Twisted Pair

PHYAD: 0

Transceiver: internal

Auto-negotiation: on

Supports Wake-on: pumbg

Wake-on: g

Current message level: 0x00000033 (51)

Link detected: no

is there any application that could cause this situation to happen?

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Umarzuki Mochlis
http://debmal.my