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

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

Yes I thought so after I wrote the message, I would not be useable
on PPP devices and so on.

Bo




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