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List:       smoothwall-talk
Subject:    Re: [Smoothwall-talk] listing all network interfaces
From:       Richard Morrell <richard.morrell () webbedmail ! com>
Date:       2000-10-17 20:27:19
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John, thanks for your input I'll go sit on Lawrence gently..

We do welcome your input and it's a team thing so become part of the
team you're more than welcome

John Potelle wrote:
> 
> On 16 Oct 2000, at 17:38, Lawrence Manning wrote:
> 
> >On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, John Potelle wrote:
> >> Here's a quick change you can make to
> >> /home/httpd/cgi-bin/status.cgi
> >> that will show all network interfaces on the SmoothWall Status web
> >> page.
> >>
> >> change the line:
> >> system '/sbin/ifconfig';
> >> to:
> >> system '/sbin/ifconfig -a';
> >
> >This shows interfaces which are *down* as well.  I don't really see a need
> >for that?  Maybe I'm missing something...
> 
> You are correct in that ALL interfaces are listed. Maybe I should have
> been more explicit about that? :-)
> 
> But ALL interfaces is what I wanted.  Why?  Because its an easy
> way to check all interfaces, including ones that may be causing you
> a problem.  I tend to like more info rather than less.  I put it into the
> web page because its more convenient than to telnet into smoothwall
> and run ifconfig -a myself.
> 
> I tend to share what I find. I sent the original note to the list thinking
> perhaps someone might find it useful, especially when attempting to
> get 0.94 to work with cable modems, two NICs and dhcpcd.  I was
> not asking for the developers of smoothwall to make a permanent
> change in the distribution; they can take it or not as they see fit
> including anything else I may contribute to this list. :-)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> ---
> John Potelle
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Richard Morrell
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Lead UK Developer - RedmondLinux Project
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