>>>>> "Drew" == Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Drew> On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 11:18:14PM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
>> Jordan Howarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ALSO, if I remove
>> the ethernet cable and put it back later I lose my connection > entirely.
>>
>> To restart your network card the following is normaly enough:
>>
>> ifconfig eth0 down; rmmod <module>; insmod <module>; /etc/init.d/network;
>> ping <someone else>
Drew> I have a suspicion it might be even simpler than this. Am I wrong I
Drew> thinking that all you need to do is ifconfig eth0 down; ifconfig eth0
up
Did that before and no joy.
Drew> But I have another similar "problem" that is more annoying than
anything
Drew> else. If I put my laptop into sleep mode, then when I turn it back
on I
Drew> find I've lost the network, and I have to perform a /etc/init.d/pcmcia
Drew> restart to get it going again.
I too have this problem, but as I said my eth0 is built in. I have yet to try
Goswin's approach, still at work !! It would be nice to have a neat solution
although /etc/init.d/network isn't too complicated. :)
Sorry if this is blind leading the blind ..
Jord
P.S. How's the surf, Drew?
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