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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 18:34:27 -0400
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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To: "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
CC: "Bryan O'Sullivan" <bos@keyresearch.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] netplug, a daemon that handles network cables getting
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J.A. Magallon wrote:
> On 08.28, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
> 
>>Netplug is a daemon that responds to network cables being plugged in or
>>out by bringing a network interface up or down.  This is extremely
>>useful for DHCP-managed systems that move around a lot, such as laptops
>>and systems in cluster environments.
>>
>>For more details and download instructions, see the netplug homepage:
>>http://www.red-bean.com/~bos/
>>
> 
> 
> I feel sorry, but did you ever knew this existed ?
> 
> http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/ifplugd/


ifplugd doesn't appear to use netlink.  Did I miss something?

netlink is definitely the preferred way to get link notification.  Maybe 
the two authors can work together to merge the best parts of both...

	Jeff


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