dear compadres,
thanks for the answers and apologees for my stupidity (just too tired)
to use the reply-knob to tell you i had already solved my own question
by remembering the ifup and ifdown commands.
regards,
steef
Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 08:23:36AM +1100, Charlie wrote:
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, steef shared this with us all:
--} 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?
Just ifup eth0 and ifdown eth0 is probably all that is required as root user
of your choice I think? Works on all the machines here.
Yes, ifup and ifdown will refer to the /etc/network/interfaces file and
set everything up. /sbin/ifconfig is the lower-level raw command that
requires all parameters and still doesn't do everything.
Doug.
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steef van duin
publicist, research-journalist
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