On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 07:31:06PM +0000, steef wrote: > hi list, > > when i do <sudo ifconfig eth0 down> contact with the internet is duly shut > off. > but: when i do <sudo ifconfig eth0 up> nothing happens: i still cannot > reach the internet. > > what is it that i miss?
AFAIK with ifconfig you need to supply all (relevant) parameters: ifconfig eth0 address 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 then set the default gateway: route add default gw 192.168.0.254 and a nameserver: echo "nameserver 123.123.123.123" >> /etc/resolv.conf (though this should be probably done by hand because order in resolv.conf matters) You are probably looking for ifup which should activate your interface according to the configuration in /etc/network/interfaces Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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