Mike Viau wrote:
> Would executing '/etc/init.d/networking stop' followed by
> '/etc/init.d/networking start' work to restart networking when using only
> the new way ('allow-hotplug')?Without 'auto' calling /etc/init.d/networking will bring the interface down. But it won't bring the interface up. With 'auto' there then it will bring the interface up. I just verified that now with a quick test on a Lenny and Squeeze machine. And you definitely want to keep 'allow-hotplug' there so that link status events will trigger configuration too. > I understand ifup/down can also be used, but what would t look like? I > have only used ifconfig to bring interface either up or down. Call it with the network device name. $ sudo ifdown eth0 $ sudo ifup eth0 Bob
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