> From: Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On my one mandrake laptop, I can disconnect from my network (to leave my > office) by gracefully disconnecting from the network with "ifdown eth0" > and then later, after reconnecting the cat5 cable, "ifup eth0". These > commands don't seem to exist in my RH 7.2 laptop. Is there a way of > shutting down the network card, temporarily, and then restarting it, > (before unplugging the cable)? I tried "ifconfig eth0 down", but no luck > there either. > TIA, > Mike
They work fine for me on my 7.2 laptop as root. They're in /sbin which may not be in your path: as root, try: /sbin/ifdown eth0 I believe there is a way a normal user can control network devices but I've never looked into it. Dave _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
