Subject: Re: network restart
To: Mipam <reinoud@ibbnet.org>
From: Erich T. Enke <Erich.T.Enke@wheaton.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/16/2000 15:45:36
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Mipam wrote:

> When i makes changes to for example resolv.conf in /etc or in hosts, or
> in mygate or in ifconfig.ne0 for example...
> After that i got to restat the network so the changes will work.
> How can i do that?

ifconfig ne0 inet down
ifconfig ne0 inet up

from the manpage: if possible, "down" will reset the hardware, and
"up" will initialize if hardware was reset during "down"

Hope that helps,

-- Erich