Frank Brodbeck wrote:
ifconfig won't show you a gateway entry. The gateway entry will be shown using route. As far as I have experience with networking it was sufficient to just if[up,down] the NIC. But when it works. And it seems so or he went to bed :) Frank.
Just read through the man page for ifup/ifdown, and you are quite correct! I am still operating somewhere in the networking "gray area" between Slink and Woody <grin>. Thanks for the lesson!
Cheers, -Don Spoon-