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Hi, |
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does anybody use ifplugd successfully? |
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Assume a cable is inserted. Then i perform the following commands: |
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- ifconfig eth0 up |
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- mii-tool eth0 => works, shows infos about the link |
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- ifconfig eth0 down |
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- mii-tool eth0 => shows "no-link" even though cable is inserted! |
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The problem: |
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So assume i unplug the cable. ifplugd calls "/etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop" |
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and the interface goes down (same as ifconfig eth0 down above) |
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Now ifplugd polls the interface and waits until the a cable is inserted, |
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but this will never be detected, because mii-tool always reports "no-link". |
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So i assume that ifplugd was written to detect the when the cable is |
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reinserted - but in my case, it can't. |
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Is that a proper behaviour? I mean: is mii-tool supposed to report the |
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link infos when a cable is inserted and the interface is down? |
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I may have found a bug in the network-driver (bcm4400). |
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Can you perform those three steps with your network card? |
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- ifconfig eth0 up |
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- ifconfig eth0 down |
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- mii-tool eth0 |
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What does the mii-tool report? |
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Greetings |
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Sven |
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