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Activating/deactivating Ethernet card
Guys is there a way of activating and deactivating Ethernet card on freebsd from command prompt. Actually I need to test something for which I need to activate and deactivate Ethernet link again and again. So I'll be writing a script for that but first I need to know how to do this from command prompt.
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Yes, most definately.
Bring the interface down: % ifconfig xx0 down Bring it up: % ifconfig xx0 up Pretty basic stuff, could have learnt this by reading the man page.. Quote:
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netstart
you may also want to restart your entire network config
try typing : /etc/netstart |
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Thanks to all for the tips. I'll note it down for future refrence. |
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If you have a problem with the routing tables after shutting down the nic with e.g. ifconfig *nic* down
try ifconfig *nic* -alias (or delete) The manpage describes the deletion of the aliases but that's not only for aliases. Just in case you have a problem after shutting down one nic and activating another nic. |
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Something related to my work. Needed to test how efficient the algorithm is in determining the length of the Ethernet cable for one of our products.
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