* James D. Parra [04-21-10 20:54]:

Does anyone know what the command would be to determine if the nic has a connection to the network?

ifconfig <device> ifconfig eth0 ifconfig wlan0 ~~~~~~ Thanks Patrick, however that doesn't me if the cat 5 cable is connected or not. For example, if the computer has six nics and i have only one cabled, Yast will show which one is connected and I can set up setup that nic with an IP address. I am looking for a way in the command, prior to assigning IP addresses to the nics, which nic is cabled and connect to a network. Many thanks, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

James D. Parra wrote:

* James D. Parra [04-21-10 20:54]:

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Does anyone know what the command would be to determine if the nic has a connection to the network?

ifconfig <device> ifconfig eth0 ifconfig wlan0

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Thanks Patrick, however that doesn't me if the cat 5 cable is connected or not.

Try the more modern version "ip addr": # ip addr show dev eth0 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 link/ether 00:50:8b:95:6e:4e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.2.128/24 brd 192.168.2.255 scope global eth0 inet6 fe80::250:8bff:fe95:6e4e/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever Notice the "LOWER_UP" flag. Otherwise, I'd suggest "ethtool": # ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 100Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: MII PHYAD: 1 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports Wake-on: g Wake-on: d Current message level: 0x00000007 (7) Link detected: yes -- Per Jessen, Zürich (7.4°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org