From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] netplug, a daemon that handles network cables getting plugged in and out Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 18:34:27 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3F4E8373.1040204@pobox.com> References: <1062105712.12285.78.camel@serpentine.internal.keyresearch.com> <20030828215417.GA22215@werewolf.able.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Bryan O'Sullivan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: "J.A. Magallon" In-Reply-To: <20030828215417.GA22215@werewolf.able.es> List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org J.A. Magallon wrote: > On 08.28, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote: > >>Netplug is a daemon that responds to network cables being plugged in or >>out by bringing a network interface up or down. This is extremely >>useful for DHCP-managed systems that move around a lot, such as laptops >>and systems in cluster environments. >> >>For more details and download instructions, see the netplug homepage: >>http://www.red-bean.com/~bos/ >> > > > I feel sorry, but did you ever knew this existed ? > > http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ ifplugd doesn't appear to use netlink. Did I miss something? netlink is definitely the preferred way to get link notification. Maybe the two authors can work together to merge the best parts of both... Jeff