Network Cable Detection [SOLVED]

[MultiMike]

I've given myself the task of writing a startup script as a wrapper for net.eth0. The goal is that I hope to check to see if the cable is plugged in, and if so, then run net.eth0. If not, run net.wlan0 (wifi). Anyone have any ideas if this is possible with the Intel Pro/100 VE ethernet controller? Any ideas/helpful websites I can look at for ideas? I've already researched ifplugd, but I couldn't get any answers from that.

[tomaw]

I've not used it, but you might wanna look at

[MultiMike]

Like I said in my post, I've already looked at ifplugd. I don't want a service that constantly runs and checks for it, I just want to write a script that will check on boot and that's it.

[Aesir-NL]

You should have a look at mii-tool (it's probably already on your system) I think it would fit your needs. All it does is report the link status, so it shouldnt be too hard to build a little script around it do do something at boot time.

semi-ot: ifplugd seems to be broken for me atm, it keeps reporting link-status changes eventho they arent actually occuring, which is kind of annoying since it keeps bringing down my network interface every 5s

[MultiMike]

That is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the help Aesir.