Enabling network card in linux?

NNP · 11-16-2004, 06:52 PM

I was wondering if anyone could tell me the command to enable/disable my LAN connection in SuSe? i.e the equivalent command to going control panel --> network conections --> right click on network connections and select enable, in XP.

Thanks,
NNP

65_289 · 11-16-2004, 07:07 PM

ifconfig <interface> down or ifconfig <interface> up

On my box, I use eth0, so it's:

ifconfig eth0 down

I believe there is also ifup and ifdown on some systems that can bring up and down the interface. I can't seem to find those on my Slackware box, but ifconfig does work.

[edit] I'm sure SuSE has some graphical tool to do that, but I don't run SuSE, so I don't know what that is.

tisource · 11-16-2004, 07:14 PM

Yes, SuSE has a tool to do that. You have to run YaST (the SuSE control panel) and its under the networking section.

And yes, I believe the ifup and ifdown scripts are also there.

NNP · 11-16-2004, 07:22 PM

I knew about the graphical way but its nice to know how to do things from the command line ; )

Thanks

NNP · 11-16-2004, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 65_289
[B]ifconfig <interface> down or ifconfig <interface> up

On my box, I use eth0, so it's:

ifconfig eth0 down

By the way, how would i go about finding what interface im using? I googled but couldnt find the command.

65_289 · 11-16-2004, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NNP
By the way, how would i go about finding what interface im using? I googled but couldnt find the command.

Just type ifconfig at the command line. It will show each interface. One will be the loopback interface, labeled "lo". The other, assuming you have one and only one, will probably be called eth0. It could be wlan0 if you are using a wireless card.