Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:06:32 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> To: smkelly@zombie.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Networking Question Message-ID: <200112142206.fBEM6Wg65505@prism.flugsvamp.com> In-Reply-To: <local.mail.freebsd-stable/20011214153114.A47574@edgemaster.zombie.org>
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In article <local.mail.freebsd-stable/20011214153114.A47574@edgemaster.zombie.org> you write: >-=-=-=-=-=- > >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. There is support for this in -current, where a change in the interface status (of any network device that uses miibus) is immediately sent to an interested listener. However, this support partly depends on devfs and has not been merged to -stable. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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