Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:34:26 -0700
From: Aaron Lehmann <aaronl@vitelus.com>
To: "Bryan O'Sullivan" <bos@keyresearch.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] netplug, a daemon that handles network cables getting plugged in and out
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On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 02:21:52PM -0700, 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/

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I was just thinking today how
annoying it is that whenever I boot up my laptop, dhclient runs and tries
to get an IP address on the ethernet interface until it's ^C'd. Since
I often use the Ethernet interface this is not a bad default, but dhclient
can't even realize on its own that there's no cable plugged in.
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