Cable Forum - View Single Post - Logging/Detecting connection of Ethernet cable

GeoffW · 31-08-2007, 20:41

OK, I thought you wanted some sort of longer term monitoring on the interface.

The green led on the NIC will tell you if there is carrier, or you could do an ifconfig or netstat -i to get the interface status, or look in the network configuration gui.

31-08-2007, 20:41	#4
GeoffW Inactive Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Reading Posts: 256	Re: Logging/Detecting connection of Ethernet cable OK, I thought you wanted some sort of longer term monitoring on the interface. The green led on the NIC will tell you if there is carrier, or you could do an ifconfig or netstat -i to get the interface status, or look in the network configuration gui.