From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Eh7N7-0002ME-VU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:26:22 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jATFOVZK027701; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:24:31 GMT Received: from rutherford.zen.co.uk (rutherford.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.142]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jATFE2jI022040 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:14:02 GMT Received: from [82.69.83.178] (helo=desiato.digimed.co.uk) by rutherford.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Eh7BC-0001fZ-5Z for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:14:02 +0000 Received: from hactar.digimed.co.uk (hactar.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.2]) by desiato.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55EA71406260 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:13:59 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:13:55 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Why is Gentoo so slow when internet is out? Message-ID: <20051129151355.32fa2ced@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <1133211269.25761.6.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <438B78A3.20208@comcast.net> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.100 (GTK+ 2.8.7; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_Mw7+_JB1aqIcbRmQn85n1fU; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Originating-Rutherford-IP: [82.69.83.178] X-Archives-Salt: 2b3c58c3-6678-4212-8a8b-fc3edd5f89eb X-Archives-Hash: 2fe8d30f863f3b90d51da7c694bb4411 --Sig_Mw7+_JB1aqIcbRmQn85n1fU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. --=20 Neil Bothwick I doubt therefore I might be. --Sig_Mw7+_JB1aqIcbRmQn85n1fU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDjHA2um4al0N1GQMRAhkAAKCWrowsJOs3FJFNc5H1FrJl6f2GOACgoPUr g/skYui2qJX7iTo2dCLPTqw= =RckQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_Mw7+_JB1aqIcbRmQn85n1fU-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list