differences between bsd ifconfig and linux ifconfig...

[Arne Schwabe]

Julio Capote wrote:

>I was wondering if anyone knew architecturally and fundamentally why
>bsd's ifconfig can display active state information regarding the
>physical medium and why linux ifconfig cant? Not to start any trolling
>on which is superior, just curious about the difference.
>
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Well Linux' (or gnu's?) ifconfig simply does not show it. ethtool eth0 
usually shows media state on Linux systems.
Well ethtool is not in the base installation of every Linux distribution 
but discussing about what to put into base is
a holy war. (even without bringing *BSD into the discussion)

Arne