Michael C. Robinson wrote: > I am interested in a specialty part that should be easy to make. > The problem with patch cables is that they can be unplugged. I > have Internet connected lines going to servers where the lines > themselves are filtered by those servers. If the cables are > unplugged, the servers are effectively bypassed. I want an > obnoxious alarm ... >
I'm not yet a *nix user ;) But, Windows(tm) volunteers the info that "a network cable is unplugged". That seems to indicate that standard hardware can detect that situation. I assume *nix is as capable as Windows (I duck for cover ;). Monitor that function for a 'change of state'. Whether to add this to "client" or "server" [terms used *loosely ;] is left to implimentor. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
