Re: dumb ifconfig_question

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.
>
>
>

-- 
steef van duin

publicist, research-journalist


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