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Autodetect Ethernet Cable

04.29.2009

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        This script autodetects when the ethernet cable is plugged andenable the asked network profile for the device. It is designed for Debian, but should be easily adapted to any distro.

#!/bin/bash
# Autodetects the ethernet cable plug and enable the asked network profile
#
# Usage: ethauto IFACE[=PROFILE]
#
# Example: ethauto ath0=myconf
#
# Author: Arnau Sanchez <tokland@gmail.com>
#
AUDIO_UP="/usr/local/sounds/misc/apert.wav"
AUDIO_DOWN="/usr/local/sounds/misc/beam.wav"

eth_status() {
  CARRIER="/sys/class/net/$1/carrier"
  cat $CARRIER || ifconfig eth0 up
  test $(cat $CARRIER) = 1
}

ifstate() {
  grep -xq "$1" "/etc/network/run/ifstate"
}

INFO=$1
IFS="=" read DEVICE PROFILE <<< "$INFO"
while true; do
  if eth_status $DEVICE && ! ifstate $INFO; then
    ifup $INFO && aplay $AUDIO_UP
  elif ! eth_status $DEVICE && ifstate $INFO; then    
    ifdown $INFO #&& aplay $AUDIO_DOWN
  fi
  sleep 1
done

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Snippets Manager replied on Wed, 2009/04/29 - 11:33am

This script may be useful to see how the carrier of a ethernet interface can be read, but if you really want to enable/disable network profiles based on cable plugs, use the package "ifplugd".