Re: How to disable ifplugd?

Marc Lijour said:
> I have a eepro100 card which is becoming problematic with the NetGEAR
> switch
> FS608v2.
>
> ifplugd fails to detect the link beat (always on in the switch) and it
> then
> tries to shutdown my card, wrongfully.
>
> How do I disable/ configure ifplugd so that I make it ignore the supposed
> failure?
> I could of course modify /etc/rc.d/init.d/network where it is called but I
> am
> not sure it is a clean way to do.


In '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX' set:

MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes

Then restart interface.
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