[TriLUG] Re: ipconfig command for Linux

[Robert Baker]

Thanks Ed!

>>> Rob Baker <<<
Webcentric Applications Developer

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Hill [mailto:ed at eh3.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 2:50 PM
To: TriLUG
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Re: ipconfig command for Linux


On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 12:34, James Manning wrote:
> > [Robert Baker]
> >    Is there a command that will accomplish the same as this NT/W2K
> >    command?:
> >    
> >    c:\>ipconfig /all (or /renew or /release)
> 
> IMHO:
> ipconfig /release -> service network stop
> ipconfig /renew   -> service network start
> ipconfig /all     -> ifconfig -a


Also, if you have multiple ethernet cards and want to start/stop just one of
them:

  ipconfig /release  ==>  /sbin/ifdown eth0
  ipconfig /renew    ==>  /sbin/ifdown eth0; /sbin/ifup eth0

where "eth0" could be the name of any ethernet device is listed by
"/sbin/ifconfig".

Ed

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