On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, nitin panjwani wrote: > Hi All, > > I am running some tests in which I have to bring down > my interface down as soon as I tear down the cable. > Cable tearing results only in the link failure(as link > light went off), but it doens't bring my interface > down. > > Is there a way to bring the interface down as soon as > my link fails, probably using 'ip link' or 'ip > monitor'. Does anyone know about it. Monitor using mii-tool. > If there is some hardware monitering tool that can > detect the link failure, probably I can use this to > write a small program which will bring down the > interface as soon as I link failure is detected Well, you *could* theoretically write a kernel module that would monitor link status and call back to userland... that would result in the quickest teardown of the link. Doei, Arthur. -- /\ / | arthurvl@sci.kun.nl | Work like you don't need the money /__\ / | A friend is someone with whom | Love like you have never been hurt / \/__ | you can dare to be yourself | Dance like there's nobody watching _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
