From: Adam (suckmy-balls.com)
Date: Mon Nov 08 2004 - 09:35:25 CST

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On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 04:22:40PM +0100, Henning Brauer wrote:
> * Thomas Linden <tomco.daemon.de> [2004-11-07 19:53]:
> > I'm trying to get ifstated to work, but it behaves somewhwat strange.
> > I am not sure if this is a bug, and ifstated is also not part of the
> > 'make world' build process - therefore I'm posting the issue here.
> > if_up = "(le1 link up)"
> > if_down = "(!le1 link up)"
>
> le(4) is not capable of reporting the link state.
>
> ifstated handles unknown linkstates strange tho...
>
> well, ifstated is a construction zone at best, so Use At Own Risk
> applies more than ever ;)
>
> what do people ifstated actually USE for? or, why do they think they
> need it? pretty much all we came up with works fine without it, the

I use it to run dhclient automatically when I plug an ethernet cable
into my laptop. Maybe not what it was intended for, but its handy.

Adam

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