Debian Package a Day's Journal

ifplugd - A configuration daemon for ethernet devices

ifplugd is a daemon which will automatically configure your ethernet device when a cable is plugged in and automatically unconfigure it if the cable is pulled. This is useful on laptops with onboard network adapters, since it will only configure the interface when a cable is really connected.

Some features:
May beep when the cable is unplugged, plugged, the interface configuration succeeded or failed.
Syslog support
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Multiple ethernet interface support
Support for wireless networking. Whenever an association to an AP is detected the network is configured. Have a look on waproamd if you need a facility to configure WEP keys before AP associations succeed.
Compatibility mode for network devices which do not support cable detection

Bill J. says, "all I can say is that if is nice to just plug in and not have to restart networking or issue the pump command."

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