  Re: Can ifstetd sense carp interfaces status?  On Wed, May 26,
2004 at 10:58:42AM -0400, stan wrote: > Is it possible for
ifstated to sense the "MASTER/BACKUP" state of carp >
interfaces?  Yes. The CARP state is reflected as the link state
of the CARP  i.e. 'if (carp0 link up)' checks whether carp0 is
master.  > And on a related note, given a 10 or 100baseT fxp
card, why does the > interface sattus stay in UP, when the cable
is unpluged? Is there another > (ifstated sensable) flag that
would tell me the cable is unpluged?  This may be a software
bug, but is more likely related to the functionality of the
media independant interface (phy) on that card. I'll look into
the specific case of the inphy on the fxp, but don't hold your
breath. Some phy's take quite some time to recognise that the
link is down; the nsphyter found in Soekris net4x0x boxes takes
5 seconds or so do detect that the link is down. How long are
you waiting?