Command to startup network?

BajaNick · 07-11-2004, 03:34 PM

To start my internet connectino from command line, I do " ifconfig eth0 up " nothing happens, when I do " ifconfig eth0 start " I get " cannot lookup host name " so I did " ./inet1 " to startup up my internet connection and that works. What is the proper command to startup internet connection from command line, I asked this about a month ago but found nothing that worked. Thanks.

DavidPhillips · 07-11-2004, 09:43 PM

do you have ifup?

Tinkster · 07-11-2004, 09:56 PM

If this is a slack-box, the script is
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 start

If it's been configured properly (either using
netconfig or manually, editing /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf)
it should come up automagically on boot.

Cheers,
Tink

BajaNick · 07-11-2004, 11:49 PM

Ive tried ifup and it does nothing.
yes it is a slack system and It does come up automatically but sometimes I forget to turn on my router and modem then I have to start it manually. Ive just been doing ./rc.inet1 but was not sure if that is right (even though it works) or if I need to do ./rc.inet2 also?

Tinkster · 07-12-2004, 04:28 AM

There should be no need to run rc.inet2 for
normal connectivity ...

A /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 stop and /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
start should get you running...

Cheers,
Tink

BajaNick · 07-12-2004, 06:37 PM

Ok, Thanks