On Thursday 24 February 2005 14:54, SOTL wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I have Mandrake 10.1 using an eathernet RJ45 DSL input.
>
> If I am connected to the internet and the RJ45 plug is unplugged
> and plugged back in I loose my Internet connect and the ability
> to reconnect to the internet.
>
> The only method I have found yet to restore an internet
> connection is to do a system upgrade or reinstall the system. Now
> since this is a test box with no critical data on it the only
> issue with that box is the inconvenience of restoration which is
> becoming a pain. If of course this was a box with critical data
> on it the issue would be more dynamic.
>
> Question is there some other method to reestablish an internet
> connection besides reinstallation. Note going to internet set up
> and reconfiguring does not produce positive results of
> reestablishing an internet connection.
>
> Thanks
> Frank
Not quite sure what you mean by "loose the internet connection" ?
In any case, it should not require a complete re-install or upgrade.
If you just unplug the RJ45 and plug it back later, try (as root) :
service network restart
or
ifup eth0
or
ifconfig eth0
If, on the other hand, you loose the connection permanently, I'm out
of ideas.
Kaj Haulrich.
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