On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:27:23 -0500, Devon Miller wrote:

> > I saw somewhere in portage a daemon that manages
> > connection/disconnection from the network.  I think it was for
> > laptops. But now I don't know what it is called or where it is in
> > portage.

> That would be ifplugd. It listens for a variety of state changes such as
> insertion of a pcmcia/cardbus/usb NIC or presense/absence of carrier on
> the ethernet device. When a device becomes available, it runs
> "/etc/init.d/net. device start" and when the device goes away/loses
> carrier, it runs "/etc/init.d/net.device stop".

I don't think ifplugd will help here. it only checks the link beat on the
ethernet connection. As long as the computer is connected to the cable
modem, it will report the link as up, even if the connection from the
modem to the Internet is down.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

I doubt therefore I might be.