On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Logan Tygart wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 16:37, SOTL wrote:
> > Hi All
> >
> > At work we have a DSL line that goes up and down like a YOYO.
> >
> > The issue is that after it goes up and down a couple of time I am loosing
> > internet access which will immediately be restored if I reboot.
> >
> > How does one reestablish contact without rebooting?
>
> Assuming you are using an ethernet card:
>
> /etc/init.d/networking restart
Assuming you have that file. If you don't (like me) then do
/sbin/ifdown eth0
/sbin/ifup eth0
/sbin should be in $PATH if you're root.
Or if you don't even have if{up,down}, try
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth0 up
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