Re: [Linux-ha-dev] Need to detect ethN down (but NOT ping)

2008-10-26 Thread tje
I am also the DHCP sever, and access to everything north also flows thru me. On 10/26/08 1:40 PM, "Andrew Beekhof" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 19:37, tje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Through an interface that *must* be up (or we

Re: [Linux-ha-dev] Re: Need to detect ethN down (but NOT ping)

2008-10-26 Thread tje
gt; wrote: > ethtool? > >> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:23:09 +0200 >> From: "Andrew Beekhof" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> why the reluctance to use ping? >> >> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 21:25, tje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>

Re: [Linux-ha-dev] Need to detect ethN down (but NOT ping)

2008-10-26 Thread tje
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > why the reluctance to use ping? > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 21:25, tje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm in a situation where I don't have an address that can work as a ping >> address (don't ask). In this case I really j

Re: [Linux-ha-dev] Need to detect ethN down (but NOT ping)

2008-10-24 Thread tje
n Reichert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:25:32PM -0700, tje wrote: >> I'm in a situation where I don't have an address that can work as a ping >> address (don't ask). In this case I really just want to detect if the >> freak

[Linux-ha-dev] Need to detect ethN down (but NOT ping)

2008-10-24 Thread tje
I'm in a situation where I don't have an address that can work as a ping address (don't ask). In this case I really just want to detect if the freakin ethernet link is gone. I've looked at how ipfail works inside, and I've looked at the description of pingd options - both seem to require a node to