Re: ifconfig(8) - a tale of two states

[Mike Pumford <mpumford%mudcovered.org.uk@localhost>]

On 07/10/2020 16:20, Greg Troxel wrote:

> It may be that with 10base2, "UP" means "cable is terminated properly".
> Or perhaps it's NA.
10base2 can't really do link up detection at all. There is no such 
concept as its a 2 wire connection so there is no separate link 
indication at all. Do cards of that type even support the media 
interface most of the time?

Not sure about 10base5 connections.

Mike