sudo ifconfig eth0 down will shut down your ethernet port until you....
1. Bring it back up (sudo ifconfig eth0 up) 2. Restart networking by running sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart (if you are running ubuntu) or 3. reboot If you want to harden your OS you may want to disable IPv6 but Dante is correct it shouldn't cause a conflict. To check if your wireless card is working an easy way would be to download an ubuntu desktop, boot to it, and select "Try without installing" I have had excellent luck getting WiFi to work on the live CD. If it works consistently there at least you will know that you don't have a hardware issue and it narrows it down to a software/OS issue. Divide and Conquer is the best way to troubleshoot! Adam Flaig "Its never too late to become what you might have been" On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Paul Saenz <forensicneoph...@gmail.com>wrote: > My wireless doesn't work sometimes. > Sometimes it works great. > Before I go further into diagnosing, I > Sometimes my wireless adaptor does > not broadcast packets. > I wanted to shut down IPv6 because I > suspect it may be causing a conflict. > So I ran the following command: > > sudo ifconfig inet6 eth0 down > > This is the output of the command: > > eth0: Unknown host > > what am I doing wrong. > or is there a config file that I need to edit? > > Here are my ifconfig outputs: > (I I pinged it count=10 between ifconfigs) > > wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:44:9b:b3:bc > inet addr:10.167.102.104 Bcast:10.167.103.255 > Mask:255.255.254.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::216:44ff:fe9b:b3bc/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:19710 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:102 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:1829455 (1.8 MB) TX bytes:12200 (12.2 KB) > > wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:44:9b:b3:bc > inet addr:10.167.102.104 Bcast:10.167.103.255 > Mask:255.255.254.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::216:44ff:fe9b:b3bc/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:25962 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:2385423 (2.3 MB) TX bytes:13099 (13.0 KB) > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >
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