Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:26:12 -0500 From: Eric F Crist <ecrist@tech-con-inc.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to restart my network without reboot? Message-ID: <200309261826.12128.ecrist@tech-con-inc.com>
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lahaye@users.sourceforge.net wrote: > > > Hi, > > I had to change the netmask of my ethernet card. So I modified > /etc/rc.conf. But for that to take effect, I should reboot. Now, how can I > avoid a reboot for such a small change? > > I had a look at the ifconfig command, to set the interface manually, but I > was completely lost by the amount of settings and options there. > > I hoped that an easy command as: "/etc/rc.network restart" would do the > trick, but that didn't work. > > Can someone help me out here? > > Thanks, > Rob. Rob, you can also use the little-recognized /etc/netstart command. This comes in useful for exactly those changes. However, the right way to do it is with grog# ifconfig <interface> inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx HTH Eric
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