Activating and De-Activating your NIC

Commands for starting and stopping TCP/IP network services on an interface:
Activate: /sbin/ifup eth0
(Also: ifconfig eth0 up - Note: Even if no IP address is assigned you can listen.)
De-Activate: /sbin/ifdown eth0
(Also: ifconfig eth0 down)
These scripts use the scripts and NIC config
files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
GUI Interface control/configuration:



Start/Stop network interfaces
/usr/bin/system-control-network (Fedora Core 2/3)
/usr/bin/redhat-control-network (RH 9.0 - FC-1)
Configure Ethernet, ISDN, modem, token Ring, Wireless or DSL network connection:
/usr/sbin/system-config-network-druid (FC2/3)
/usr/sbin/redhat-config-network-druid (RH 9 - FC-1)

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