ifup ethN or ifdown ethN works equally as well. __________________________________________ Damian Scott IBM Global Services - SDC West Systems Administration/Postmaster (503) 578-5668 T/L: 775-5668 pager: (503) 940-5528 "As a man thinketh so is he." John Madden <jmadden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: linux-discussion-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 07/25/01 06:55 AM Please respond to linux-discussion To: linux-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc: Subject: [Linux-Discussion] Re: Disable the Network Card... *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* On Wednesday 25 July 2001 08:14, you wrote: > Does anyone know the command that can be used to disable the NIC, without > physically removing the network connection...I have used it before, but > don't remember it. Thanks... ifconfig ethN down (where N is the number of the device) John -- John Madden UNIX Systems Engineer Ivy Tech State College jmadden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================= Avenir Web's Linux Discussion List List info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=13 To unsubscribe: email linux-discussion-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. Administrative contact: weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================= ============================================================= Avenir Web's Linux Discussion List List info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=13 To unsubscribe: email linux-discussion-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. Administrative contact: weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =============================================================