Ethernet card, cable link state ?

[Rodd Clarkson]

On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 09:25 +0100, Nils Philippsen wrote:

> please verify what ethtool reports when the cable isn't plugged in (and
> mii-tool while you're at it). If the hardware doesn't tell the software
> that the cable's not plugged in, there's not much we can do...

[root at localhost ~]# mii-tool eth0
  No MII transceiver present!.
[root at localhost ~]# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
Cannot get device settings: Resource temporarily unavailable
        Current message level: 0x000000ff (255)
        Link detected: yes
[root at localhost ~]#



Rodd