How to check if the network is up?

Pyke · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Posts: 11

I want to make a script which can bring up my internet connection if it is down and vice versa. Is there some command which will tell me whether the connection is up or not? I'm connected via a cablemodem and dhcp on eth0.

/Pyke

Scandium · Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2002 9:59 pm Post subject:

well, you could just see in ifconfig wether eth0 is up and running or not ?

Pyke · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Posts: 11

Thanks! It was exactly this kind of thing I wanted to do. I hadn't thought of using ping - I had only come up with checking the eth0 inet addr part of ifconfig but found it a bit "ugly".

/pyke