Re: nic + detecting the presence of a carrier

Is there not a value in /proc i can get ??

On 8/31/06, Frank Elsner <Elsner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:04:12 +0200 Gregory Machin wrote:
> Hi.
> I need to write a script the can restart services based on where a cable
is
> plugged into a nic or not ..
> How do I get the status of the carrier on the nic ...

The output of "ethtool ethX" contains the line

Link detected: yes

and the output of "mii-tool ethX" shows

eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok

which both should be usable for your purpose.



--Frank Elsner

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