Actually I found that ifup <device> and ifdown <device> worked fine for
command line scripting. They link to the network-scripts/ppp for ifup/down
ppp0 Works for ethernet cards as well
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: Activate/Deactivate PPP w/o X
>Jake Colman wrote:
>>
>> I have to agree with Aaron's findings. When I used Dan's suggestion for
>> 'ifconfig up' from the command-line (while logged in as root), nothing
>> happened. No error messages but no modem activity either. I tried it
again
>> from X using Net Config Tool and it worked like a charm.
>
>Actually, to do this, you need to:
>
>* cd /etc/sysconfig/network-script
>* ./ifup-ppp ifcfg-ppp0
>
>To take it down, make './ifup-ppp' into './ifdown-ppp'
>
>I think that should do it. =]
>
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