Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:35:31 -0600 From: mikea <mikea@mikea.ath.cx> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Networking Question Message-ID: <20011214153531.A62514@mikea.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20011214153114.A47574@edgemaster.zombie.org>; from smkelly@zombie.org on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 03:31:14PM -0600 References: <20011214153114.A47574@edgemaster.zombie.org>
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 03:31:14PM -0600, Sean Kelly wrote: > I've noticed that various versions of Windows can detect whether my > ethernet card has a "live" connection. If I pull the cable or if the other > end goes dead, Windows knows about it. I've been looking at making a > firewall/NAT machine using FreeBSD and was wondering if there is any way to > determine this situation in FreeBSD. It would be nice to be able to emit a > beep or update an internal stats website when my router's connection goes > dead. Steal the code in ifconfig that determines whether the interface has carrier or not, and daemonize it or something. -- Mike Andrews mikea@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin since 1964 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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