Re: starting and stopping networking

Alan Bort
2004-01-04T21:32:21Z

why not just service network stop/start????
----- Original Message -----
From: <caszonyi@rdslink.ro>
To: "James Miller" <jamtat@mailsnare.net>
Cc: <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: starting and stopping networking

> On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, James Miller wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 caszonyi@rdslink.ro 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?
> >
>
> my slack 9.0 has the following lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 for
> bringing up dhcp
>
> if [ ! "$DHCP_HOSTNAME" = "" ]; then
> DHCP_HOSTNAME="-h $DHCP_HOSTNAME"
> fi
> /sbin/dhcpcd -t 10 ${DHCP_HOSTNAME} -d eth0
>
> where DHCP_HOSTNAME is the host name of the DHCP server
>
> Hope it helps a bit :-)
>
> > Thanks, James
> >
>
> Calin
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