[Sussex] Run on net start

[Dominic]

Thanks for the pointer John,

Looks like a good place for it.

The wish list would have a script be something that could actually monitor
the interface to see if the route to the 'big wide world' was open...

mmmm....now how could I script that.... ????

Dominic
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Crowhurst" <fyremoon at fyremoon.net>
To: <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Sussex] Run on net start


>
> > Hi peeps,
> >
> > Does anone know of a way to make a shell script run every time the
> > network starts?
> >
> > I want to update a dyndns.org record everytime the network starts up,
> > but I don't know how to fire a script at this moment.
>
> You could put it in the ifup script, so that every time the interface is
> brought up, it fires off the script (alternatively hack the network script
> to do it)
>
> > My rubbish router (Conexant ADSL thingy) doesn't seem to have a
> > mechanism to do this itself.
>
> DSL routers don't seem to be able to such things, its a pity really.
>
> --
> John
>
>
>
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