Re: [ANNOUNCE] netplug, a daemon that handles network cables getting plugged in and out

From: Aaron Lehmann (aaronl_at_vitelus.com)
Date: 08/29/03

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    Date:	Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:34:26 -0700
To: Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@keyresearch.com>

    On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 02:21:52PM -0700, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
    > Netplug is a daemon that responds to network cables being plugged in or
    > out by bringing a network interface up or down. This is extremely
    > useful for DHCP-managed systems that move around a lot, such as laptops
    > and systems in cluster environments.
    >
    > For more details and download instructions, see the netplug homepage:
    > http://www.red-bean.com/~bos/

    Thank you, thank you, thank you. I was just thinking today how
    annoying it is that whenever I boot up my laptop, dhclient runs and tries
    to get an IP address on the ethernet interface until it's ^C'd. Since
    I often use the Ethernet interface this is not a bad default, but dhclient
    can't even realize on its own that there's no cable plugged in.
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