From 6abfd933e73966931fb37471f15f91ffc42c23b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:09:23 +0000 Subject: many fixes git-svn-id: file:///home/lennart/svn/public/ifplugd/trunk@52 2bf48fe7-cfc1-0310-909f-d9042e1e0fef --- doc/README.html.in | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/README.html.in b/doc/README.html.in index ca9d27e..b3f0b4d 100644 --- a/doc/README.html.in +++ b/doc/README.html.in @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + @@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

News

+
Fri Oct 17 2003:

Version +0.18 released, changes include: Some bugs fixed

+
Fri Sep 13 2003:

Version 0.17b released, changes include: typo and date fix

@@ -70,10 +74,10 @@ suspending/resuming, many fixes

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. +the interface when a cable is really connected.

-

ifplugd is a rather simplistic approach to this target since it relies -on your distribution's native interface configuration system.

+

ifplugd ifplugd interfaces with your distribution's native network + configuration utilities.

Some features:

@@ -89,11 +93,12 @@ on your distribution's native interface configuration system.

  • Syslog support
    • -
  • Simplistic C source code, just 19k binary (+11k for libdaemon)
    • +
  • Small program - the binary is just 19 KB (plus 11 KB for libdaemon).
  • Multiple ethernet interface support
    • -
  • May ignore short unplugged whiles (-d option) or plugged whiles (-u +
  • Can be configured to ignore short "unplugged" periods + (-d option) or short "plugged" periods(-u option)
  • Support for wireless networking. Whenever an AP is detected the @@ -104,17 +109,17 @@ network is configured.

    • Status

    -

    Version 0.14 is stable and has all the sensible features its users could think of.

    +

    Version @PACKAGE_VERSION@ is stable and has all the sensible features its users could think of.

    Documentation

    -

    Have a look on the man pages ifplugd(8), ifstatus(8), ifplugd.conf(5). (A XSLT capable browser is required)

    +

    Have a look on the man pages ifplugd(8), ifstatus(8), ifplugd.conf(5). (An XSLT capable browser is required)

    Configuration

    Edit /etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.conf for configuration changes. This file is a bourne shell script sourced by the init script -and used to generate a suiting command line. You may specify more than +and used to start ifplugd with appropriate arguments. You may specify more than one ethernet interface in INTERFACES. For each interface a seperate instance of ifplugd is spawned. The arguments specified in ARGS are append to ifplugd's command line. Have a look on @@ -123,10 +128,11 @@ about the available options.

    The network interface which is controlled by ifplugd should not be configured automatically by your distribution's network -subsystem, since ifplugd will do this for you if needed. On -Debian remove interface names beginning with eth or -wlan from the auto option line in -/etc/network/interfaces.

    +subsystem, since ifplugd will do this for you if needed. + +

    On Debian systems, any interfaces named in ifplugd's +INTERFACES environment variable should not also be listed in +an "auto" stanza in /etc/network/interfaces.

    Troubleshooting

    @@ -147,11 +153,11 @@ detect the network cable for a short period of time before and after the suspend. When using the -f switch, this will be treated as "no link beat", thus the network is shutdown after a timeout. During this timeout the machine changes to suspended -state. When it is resumed again, the timeout will be run out, the -network is deconfigured, however, as the next cable detection -succeeds, the network is configured again immediately. To fix this -problem, ifplugd should be disabled before the APM suspend -and enabled back after the suspend. This may be done by using +state. When it is resumed again, the timeout period will have expired +and so the network is deconfigured, however, as the next cable +detection succeeds, the network is configured again immediately. To +fix this problem, ifplugd should be disabled before the APM +suspend and enabled back after the suspend. This may be done by using apmd and adding a script to /etc/apm/{suspend,resume}.d which simply calls /etc/init.d/ifplugd suspend, resp. /etc/init.d/ifplugd @@ -213,8 +219,13 @@ exist on

  • Q: There are already laptop-net's ifd and miid, why did you write your own daemon?

    -

    A: laptop-net simply sucks and I didn't know of miid when I wrote - ifplugd. However, ifplugd is far better than miid. For a +

    A: laptop-net was too integrated with its profile +system and didn't work on my hardware when I had a look on it. It +seemed easier to me to write a simple but feature complete replacement +than using laptop-net without most of the special features disabled. I +didn't know about miid when I wrote + ifplugd, but in any case ifplugd is much better +than miid. For a comparison of miid and ifplugd, have a look on http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=162763&repeatmerged=yes

    • @@ -260,7 +271,7 @@ on their source codes for learning how to use the link beat ioctls.

    Oliver Kurth for packaging ifplugd for Debian and ifplugd's manpage

    -

    Asgeir Nilsen, Sean Reifschneider, R. Steve McKown, David Mitchell for patches

    +

    Thomas Hood, Asgeir Nilsen, Sean Reifschneider, R. Steve McKown, David Mitchell for patches

    Frederic Lepied for integrating ifplugd into Mandrake Linux

    @@ -277,7 +288,7 @@ manpage

    Packages for Mandrake Linux may be found in the Cooker distribution; Gentoo packages are available as well

    -
    Lennart Poettering <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>, July 2003
    +
    Lennart Poettering <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>, October 2003
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