Re: restarting network connections
David Purton said:
> On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 08:01:35PM -0400, Ralph Katz wrote:
>> On 08/09/04 18:10, Paul Maser wrote:
>> >Besides rebooting, how do you restart the network connections
>> >after making changes to /etc/network/interfaces?
>> >Thanks;
>> >
>>
>>
>> Hmm... unlike the other responders, I've done this with /sbin/ifup, but
>> I'm no expert, just a humble desktop user. Perhaps the experts can shed
>> light on the different approaches?
>>
>
> I like to go with /etc/init.d/networking restart
>
> perhaps overkill, since it reconfigures all the interfaces, but it works
> nicely.
>
> The main trap, is not to type "/etc/init.d/networking stop", from a
> remote location... d'oh
>
> Last time did that fortunately, someone was there to push the reset
> button when I rang up :)
Dang! Hate when that happens :) Just the other day, while configuring a
remote firewall, I wasn't thinking and typed "iptables -F"
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Jeff Funk
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