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serene · LXF regular Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:43 pm Posts: 101

Hi.

I wish to have my network disconnect after 20 minutes of inactivity.
I'm using the network-manager-gnome.

1. To determine if there are any network connections;
$ iptstate -1 -t | grep -c "Total States: 0"

0 = There are connections
1 = There are no connections

2. To disable the network;
$ nmcli nm enable false

It's been a while, my bash scripting is rusty.
Could someone please recommend a simple bash script I could run a cron job every 15-20 minutes that would check if there had been zero network activity so I can disable the network ?

Thank you.
Serene

nelz · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:39 pm Post subject:

serene · LXF regular Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:43 pm Posts: 101

Thanks Nelz.

I didn't explain well enough.

Every 10 minutes, check for network activity...
if none, note.

Revisit 10 minutes later, if there is 'still' no network activity,
disconnect.

Thank you.
Serene

nelz · Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:20 pm Post subject:

Something like this?

serene · LXF regular Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:43 pm Posts: 101

Thank you so much Nelz.

Mine didn't look anything like that.

Beau-ti-fulllllllll. Much appreciated.

Odd how there isn't a feature in gnome or network-manager
to acomplish this.

Best regards,
Serene.

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nelz · Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:10 pm Post subject: