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to: Bo Simonsen
from: Viktor Pilpenok
date: 2004-01-27 20:10:00
subject: Re: Network link monitor for linux

Hello Bo!

27 Jan 04 14:21, you wrote to Jasen Betts:

 JB>> ifconfig can give a report on the link status
 BS> you could also use
 BS> 'mii-tool | grep "no link"'

Only if the link is phisical (ie not a tunel/ppp/etc.) and the card
supports MII. Also mii-tool reports the status as seen by the hardware,
which is not always the same as seen by the kernel.


Best Regards, Viktor (aka BlackDew)

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