Re: how do you tell if a line is up instead of the card/NIC status?

From: Jubei (donot_at_emailme.com)
Date: 04/04/04 

Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 10:27:38 -0400

Flip wrote:
> By doing a ifconfig I'm able to identify if the card is up. However, if
> there is no physical wire connected to that card/interface, how do I find
> this out at a script level?
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
>
>
Using mii-tool if I recall correctly

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