Re: How to REALLY restart networking?
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:31 AM, Klistvud <quotations@aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
> Howdie, fellow Debianites!
>
> I'm running Lenny with Gnome on two boxes, both connected wirelessly
> via network-manager to
> my home router. Problem: about once to thrice a day, one or both of the
> boxes randomly disconnect (they are using the proprietary Broadcom
> wl.ko and ndiswrapper, respectively) and I can't seem to make them
> reconnect. The nm-applet doesn't show the available networks anymore.
> Which are the services I should restart to make networking restart from
> scratch?
> What I've tried so far and *doesn't work*:
>
> -- running /etc/init.d/networking restart
> -- running /etc/init.d/networking-dispatcher restart
> -- killing the Gnome nm-applet and starting another instance thereof
> from a Gnome-Terminal
> -- running all of the above in every picturesque combination I could
> think of
> -- running ifup, ifdown
> -- logging out and logging in again
> -- turning wireless off and on with the hardware button on the box
> which has one
> -- all to no avail
>
> -- rebooting - oddly enough, this helps. After a reboot, network-
> manager reconnects flawlessly, and everything runs fine for another day
> or so.
What you didn't say you tried is '/etc/init.d/network-manager restart'
which works for me whenever I have a similar problem (which is only
occasionally).
Patrick
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