Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:41:16 -0400 | From | Robert Cantu <> | Subject | Question: Etherenet Link Detection |
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Is there a method of detecting the link status of an ethernet NIC? If not, is it feasible? And if it is, then would it be something in each driver, or on a level above the driver, thereby available to all drivers? I figure the list is the best place to ask this, although it might be a moot point.
Example: Have a cable modem hooked into a computer's NIC. Cable service goes out, link light on back of NIC goes out. A hypothetical program says that the link is gone via some hook in /proc somewhere.
Is this a worthwhile endeavor, if possible?
Thanks in advance, Robert
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