Re: [gentoo-user] How the HAL are you supposed to use these files?

[Graham Murray]

Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> writes:

> so how do you propose that a network connection manager tells a broweser or
> mail app that they are offline?

Why does the app need to know? Browsers normally have an online/offline
menu selection and if you try to browse to a site when your network is
offline then the browser will generate the appropriate error message. In
any case, these notifications are only really of use on a single-homed
non LAN connected system. On an office LAN, you may well be able to
still access your mail server but a problem means that you cannot access
any web sites.