[ILUG] how to manage multiple nics, multiple networks on a laptop?

[Paul Mc Auley]

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:29:42 +0000 
"Philip Trickett (List)" <phil-ml at techworks.ie>  wrote:
| On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 19:51 +0000, Paul Mc Auley wrote:
| > On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:36:27 +0000 jm at jmason.org (Justin Mason)  wrote:

| > | "iwlist scan", the presence of ethernet signal according to mii-tool, the

| > Which reminds me, is there a way for an ordinary user to determine link 
| > status short of having the information collected by a root task? I had a 
| > general dig around /proc and /sys but couldn't find a reliable candidate.

| Erm, there is a nice app called NetworkManager:
| http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/

Ah, I realise now that it wasn't immediately obvious that I meant the 
(wired) ethernet link status.

That and the first thing NetworkManager says to me is that I must be root 
to run it.

The general idea of what I have in mind is to be able to determine from a 
script or unprivileged program if there is a live cable in the ethernet 
port at the back of the machine. My current thinking is in terms of a 
dockapp or similar which can indicate what the current method of 
connection is or what is available.
	Paul