Bug 109735 - automatically configure the ethernet device when a cable is plugged in
Summary: automatically configure the ethernet device when a cable is plugged in
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: distribution
Version: rawhide
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Bill Nottingham
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-11-11 15:24 UTC by petrosyan
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:40 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2004-05-22 03:29:51 UTC
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Description petrosyan 2003-11-11 15:24:06 UTC
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Description of problem:
Linux should automatically configure your ethernet device when a cable
is plugged in and automatically unconfigure it if the cable is pulled.
If you're familiar with Windows XP, which just does the Right Thing
when you plug an ethernet cable into a laptop, this will need no
further explanation.

There are 2 projects that do just that:
1. Netplug
http://www.red-bean.com/~bos/
2. ifplugd
http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/ifplugd/

Comment 1 petrosyan 2004-05-22 03:29:29 UTC
Fedora Core 2 comes with netplugd daemon which is part of net-tools
package and seems to be working fine so far.

NB (you should uncheck "Activate device when computer starts" setting
on  all network devices, so that you don't waste time trying to bring
up an ethernet device without a cable being plugged in. )

I am closing this bug since the functionality seems to be present in
FC2  even though it is not enabled be default.


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