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@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ - ifplugd 0.26 + ifplugd 0.28 - Copyright 2002-2004 Lennart Poettering <mzvscyhtq (at) 0pointer (dot) + Copyright 2002-2005 Lennart Poettering <mzvscyhtq (at) 0pointer (dot) de> * [1]License * [2]News * [3]Overview - * [4]Status + * [4]Current Status * [5]Documentation * [6]Requirements * [7]Installation @@ -31,14 +31,23 @@ License News + Sat Jun 4 2005: + + [10]Version 0.28 released, changes include: build fixes from Stefan + Seyfried. + + Wed Mar 30 2005: + + [11]Version 0.27 released, changes include: new option --no-startup. + Sun Dec 19 2004: - [10]Version 0.26 released, changes include: changed MII code for + [12]Version 0.26 released, changes include: changed MII code for better compatibility with some 3COM Boomerang cards. Mon May 10 2004: - [11]Version 0.25 released, changes include: Revert to more classic + [13]Version 0.25 released, changes include: Revert to more classic link checking support. The new checking order is: ETHTOOL, MII, WLAN, IFF. The obsolete API "PRIV" is no longer checked by the automatic API detection code. However, you may enable it forcibly by passing -m priv @@ -46,56 +55,56 @@ News Mon Apr 12 2004: - [12]Version 0.24 released, changes include: add IFF_RUNNING link check + [14]Version 0.24 released, changes include: add IFF_RUNNING link check support and make it the default. This might break some setups. You may workaround this by passing -m to the daemon for selecting a different API. Please report breakages! Wed Apr 7 2004: - [13]Version 0.23 released, changes include: don't make /dev/tty1 the + [15]Version 0.23 released, changes include: don't make /dev/tty1 the controlling TTY when beeping Tue Feb 10 2004: - [14]Version 0.22 released, changes include: rename ifstatus to + [16]Version 0.22 released, changes include: rename ifstatus to ifplugstatus due to namespace collision, minor fixes Mon Jan 26 2004: - [15]Version 0.21b released, added missing file. + [17]Version 0.21b released, added missing file. Mon Jan 26 2004: - [16]Version 0.21 released, changes include: better compatibility with + [18]Version 0.21 released, changes include: better compatibility with wireless devices, compatibility with newer kernels Sun Nov 9 2003: - [17]Version 0.20 released, changes include: fix wrong message, build + [19]Version 0.20 released, changes include: fix wrong message, build fix Mon Oct 20 2003: - [18]Version 0.19 released, changes include: New option - --wait-for-kill, this requires [19]libdaemon 0.3 + [20]Version 0.19 released, changes include: New option + --wait-for-kill, this requires [21]libdaemon 0.3 Fri Oct 17 2003: - [20]Version 0.18 released, changes include: Some bugs fixed + [22]Version 0.18 released, changes include: Some bugs fixed Fri Sep 13 2003: - [21]Version 0.17b released, changes include: typo and date fix + [23]Version 0.17b released, changes include: typo and date fix Fri Sep 13 2003: - [22]Version 0.17 released, changes include: documentation update, + [24]Version 0.17 released, changes include: documentation update, better support for multiple interfaces, gcc 2.95 build fix Thu Aug 13 2003: - [23]Version 0.16 released, changes include: RPM spec file added, build + [25]Version 0.16 released, changes include: RPM spec file added, build fixes, WLAN improvements (including compatibility with the upcoming waproamd, a WLAN roaming daemon), monitor mode for use in conjunction with PCMCIA devices, better support for multiple interface setups, @@ -103,13 +112,13 @@ News Thu July 10 2003: - [24]Version 0.15 released, changes include: bad umask fix, + [26]Version 0.15 released, changes include: bad umask fix, documentation update Mon July 7 2003: - [25]Version 0.14 released, changes include: autoconf usage, new - dependency [26]libdaemon, wireless LAN support, support for + [27]Version 0.14 released, changes include: autoconf usage, new + dependency [28]libdaemon, wireless LAN support, support for suspending/resuming, many fixes Overview @@ -139,21 +148,21 @@ Overview * Can be configured to ignore short "unplugged" periods (-d option) or short "plugged" periods(-u option) * Support for wireless networking. Whenever an association to an AP - is detected the network is configured. Have a look on [27]waproamd + is detected the network is configured. Have a look on [29]waproamd if you need a facility to configure WEP keys before AP associations succeed. * Compatibility mode for network devices which do not support cable detection (-F option) -Status +Current Status - Version 0.26 is stable and has all the sensible features its users + Version 0.28 is stable and has all the sensible features its users could think of. Documentation - Have a look on the man pages [28]ifplugd(8), [29]ifplugstatus(8), - [30]ifplugd.conf(5). (An XSLT capable browser is required) + Have a look on the man pages [30]ifplugd(8), [31]ifplugstatus(8), + [32]ifplugd.conf(5). (An XSLT capable browser is required) Configuration @@ -237,7 +246,7 @@ Documentation A: This is a bug in the 8139too driver 0.9.25 (at least) shipped with Linux 2.4.19, please upgrade to 8139too 0.9.26 (Linux 2.4.20 or seperately at - [31]http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/). + [33]http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/). 6. Q: There are already laptop-net's ifd and miid, why did you write your own daemon? A: laptop-net was too integrated with its profile system and @@ -247,8 +256,14 @@ Documentation disabled. I didn't know about miid when I wrote ifplugd, but in any case ifplugd is much better than miid. For a comparison of miid and ifplugd, have a look on - [32]http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=162763&repeat + [34]http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=162763&repeat merged=yes + 7. Q: I have two interfaces (e.g. WLAN and copper ethernet), both + controlled by ifplugd, and want to force the network traffic to go + over the faster one of them, in case both are available at the + same time. How can I do this? + A: A tool I wrote called [35]ifmetric might be exactly what you're + looking for. Requirements @@ -265,7 +280,7 @@ Requirements The machine used was a Medion 9580-F laptop with a Realtek 8139 network card and a PRISM1 PCMCIA wireless LAN card. - ifplugd needs [33]libdaemon. + ifplugd needs [36]libdaemon. Installation @@ -279,7 +294,7 @@ Installation for it. Extensive installation instructions for installation of ifplugd on - Fedora Core 1 are available at [34]Geoff Ericksson's web site. + Fedora Core 1 are available at [37]Geoff Ericksson's web site. Acknowledgements @@ -288,39 +303,41 @@ Acknowledgements Oliver Kurth for packaging ifplugd for Debian and ifplugd's manpage - Thomas Hood, Asgeir Nilsen, Sean Reifschneider, R. Steve McKown, David - Mitchell, Norbert Preining, Herbert Graeber for patches + Stefan Seyfried, Thomas Hood, Asgeir Nilsen, Sean Reifschneider, R. + Steve McKown, David Mitchell, Norbert Preining, Herbert Graeber for + patches Frederic Lepied for integrating ifplugd into Mandrake Linux Download The newest release is always available from - [35]http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ + [38]http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ - The current release is [36]0.26 + The current release is [39]0.28 - Get ifplugd's development sources from the [37]Subversion - [38]repository ([39]viewcvs): + Get ifplugd's development sources from the [40]Subversion + [41]repository ([42]viewcvs): svn checkout svn://seth.intheinter.net/ifplugd/trunk ifplugd - You may find an up to date Debian package of ifplugd on the [40]Debian + You may find an up to date Debian package of ifplugd on the [43]Debian package repository. - Packages for Mandrake Linux may be found in the Cooker distribution; - Gentoo packages are available as well; [41]SuSE packages are available - courtesy of Herbert Graeber. + ifplugd is nowadays included in many popular distributions (Mandrake, + Gentoo, Suse, Debian, Ubuntu); [44]Conectiva packages are available + courtesy of Gonzalo Nemmi. Fedora Core packages are available from + [45]Dag Wieers. If you want to be notified whenever I release a new version of this - software use the subscription feature of [42]Freshmeat. + software use the subscription feature of [46]Freshmeat. - New! There is a joint ifplugd and waproamd [43]mailing list available. + New! There is a joint ifplugd and waproamd [47]mailing list available. _________________________________________________________________ - Lennart Poettering <mzvscyhtq (at) 0pointer (dot) de>, December 2004 + Lennart Poettering <mzvscyhtq (at) 0pointer (dot) de>, June 2005 - $Id: README.html.in 117 2004-12-19 00:30:39Z lennart $ + $Id: README.html.in 124 2005-06-04 19:22:59Z lennart $ References @@ -333,37 +350,41 @@ References 7. README#installation 8. README#acks 9. README#download - 10. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.26.tar.gz - 11. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.25.tar.gz - 12. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.24.tar.gz - 13. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.23.tar.gz - 14. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.22.tar.gz - 15. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.21b.tar.gz - 16. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.21.tar.gz - 17. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.20.tar.gz - 18. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.19.tar.gz - 19. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/ - 20. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.18.tar.gz - 21. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.17b.tar.gz - 22. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.17.tar.gz - 23. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.16.tar.gz - 24. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.15.tar.gz - 25. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.14.tar.gz - 26. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/ - 27. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/waproamd/ - 28. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd.8.xml - 29. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugstatus.8.xml - 30. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd.conf.5.xml - 31. http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/ - 32. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=162763&repeatmerged=yes - 33. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/ - 34. http://www.acmc.uq.edu.au/~gbe/linux/installation_of_ifplugd.html - 35. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ - 36. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.26.tar.gz - 37. http://subversion.tigris.org/ - 38. svn://seth.intheinter.net/ifplugd - 39. http://0pointer.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/?root=ifplugd - 40. http://packages.debian.org/ifplugd - 41. http://packman.links2linux.de/ - 42. http://freshmeat.net/projects/ifplugd/ - 43. https://seth.intheinter.net/mailman/listinfo/ifplugd-discuss + 10. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.27.tar.gz + 11. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.27.tar.gz + 12. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.26.tar.gz + 13. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.25.tar.gz + 14. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.24.tar.gz + 15. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.23.tar.gz + 16. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.22.tar.gz + 17. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.21b.tar.gz + 18. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.21.tar.gz + 19. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.20.tar.gz + 20. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.19.tar.gz + 21. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/ + 22. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.18.tar.gz + 23. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.17b.tar.gz + 24. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.17.tar.gz + 25. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.16.tar.gz + 26. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.15.tar.gz + 27. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.14.tar.gz + 28. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/ + 29. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/waproamd/ + 30. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd.8.xml + 31. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugstatus.8.xml + 32. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd.conf.5.xml + 33. http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/ + 34. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=162763&repeatmerged=yes + 35. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifmetric/ + 36. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/ + 37. http://www.acmc.uq.edu.au/~gbe/linux/installation_of_ifplugd.html + 38. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ + 39. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/ifplugd-0.28.tar.gz + 40. http://subversion.tigris.org/ + 41. svn://seth.intheinter.net/ifplugd + 42. http://0pointer.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/?root=ifplugd + 43. http://packages.debian.org/ifplugd + 44. http://www.linuxdicas.com.ar/caleb/rpm + 45. http://dag.wieers.com/packages/ifplugd/ + 46. http://freshmeat.net/projects/ifplugd/ + 47. https://seth.intheinter.net/mailman/listinfo/ifplugd-discuss |