Do you want to bring down the network period, or just the NIC? To shut down the network: /etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop To start it again, just replace the 'stop' with start and it will come back up. To drop the network device here's the command you'll need. /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down Again, replace the 'down' with up and it will do the job for you. I would suggest going more with the /etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop/start then the ifconfig command. Not sure why'd you'd need to do this, but necessity is the Mother of all invention huh? tdh -- T. Holmes ----------------- UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------- "Real Men Use Vi!" Uptime: -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:17am up 4 days, 17:54, 8 users, load average: 0.08, 0.03, 0.01 -------------------------------------------------------------------- | because of a network problem that i keep having with my linux box i need to | de-activate the network card for a the period between 3-5 am, what | command(s) would i use to do this?? | | cheers | | Jamie | | _________________________________________________________________ | Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ------------------------------------------------------------------
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