or put the whole line in a text file named netrestart in your home directory. Then ./netrestart (that would be 'dotslash'netrestart) Sam. Bob Gilbertson wrote: > Ifconfig may give some useful info. > > Also can use one command: > /etc/init.d/network restart > > Johnny Fulcrum wrote: > >> >> Mandrake9.1 on a dell optiplex gx150. >> >> >> >> Network worked fine yesterday, today I'm getting dhcp requests timed >> out. >> >> >> >> I jump though the hoops, set stuff manually using the last know >> settings - nothing works... >> >> >> >> then I unplug the cable, and plug in a new cable and run it to a >> different port on my hub - I do a /etc/init.d/network stop and then a >> /etc/ >> inint.d/network start - everything comes up just fine! >> >> >> >> So I go back to the old cable and hub port - do the stop / start and >> everything is STILL fine... >> >> >> >> what gives? Does the act of unplugging and plugging in a cable to >> the NIC reset something? >> >> >> >> I hate not knowing how a problem was solved!!! > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list