On Sun, 2005-03-20 at 19:28 +0000, Jonathan Andrews wrote:
> Sorry if this is off topic, but i've googled myself into a corner.
>
> Whats the best way to check the cable link state for an ethernet
> connection under core 3 ? I assumed that I would find something in /proc
> - but so far nothing seems to toggle between cable connected and cable
> disconnected. eth0 is up.
>
> Is the link state tracked for all eth devices, the linux device driver I
> book implies it is.
>
> Any pointers at docs would be very helpful at this point.
Try "ethtool eth0" and go from there.
Nils
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