On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, James Miller wrote: > > > something on the 'net. So my basic question is: how do I stop networking > > services on Debian Sid (I know how on Slackware, but Debian differs)? > > How do I restart them later, and send a new dhcp request at the same time? > > Any input on my interim networking method for this machine would be > > appreciated, as would pointers for accomplishing what I've outlined above, > > if that proves advisable/feasible. > > > > to stop network > ifconfig eth0 down > to start > > ifconfig eth0 up > ifconfig eth0 down seems to stop the connection alright. ifconfig eth0 up just brings up the previous configuration, though. It doesn't seem to make a new dhcp request, which I think really needs to happen. Anyway, no traffic goes to/comes from the 'net after I do ifconfig eth0 down, then ifconfig eth0 up. You guessed right, btw, that eth0 is the connection to the 'net. Anyone else care to take a shot?
Thanks, James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
