RedHat Linux command to reload or restart network (login as root user):
# service network restart
OR
# /etc/init.d/network restart
To start Linux network service:
# service network start
To stop Linux network service:
# service network stop
Debian Linux command to reload or restart network:
# /etc/init.d/networking restart
To start Linux network service:
# /etc/init.d/networking start
To stop Linux network service:
# /etc/init.d/networking stop
Ubuntu Linux user use sudo command with above Debian Linux command:
# sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
To start Linux network service:
# sudo /etc/init.d/networking start
To stop Linux network service:
# sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop
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service network start ======>to start Network under Redhat Linux
service network stop ======>to stop Network under Redhat Linux
service network restart =====> to restart Network under Redhat Linux
I have debian, and I can’t restart any service with the command
# /etc/init.d/networking restart,
please help m ewith this, I have heard about a command to do it , something like invoke-rc.d or insserv
Thanks in advance.
The command is:
/etc/init.d/networking restart
No need to use invoke-rc.d here. What error you are getting?
I’m using Knoppix 5 and I can’t restart any service with the command
# /etc/init.d/networking restart
i see the error like this:
bash:networking :command not found
go into /etc/init.d and then from there run: ./networking restart
Doan,
I can use the command /etc/init.d/networking on Knoppix version 4.0
Use following command to restart:
# /etc/init.d/network restart
OR use GUI tool:
Click the Knoppix menu in the bottom left corner > Point to Network/Internet >
Click Network Card Configuration > You can start/stop or change network settings.
OR use network-setup GUI tool command:
# network-setup
holy crap, i did service network restart and now my box is inaccessible
Same problem with me. I want to change IP address of eth0 and after restarting the network, it is inaccessible. ifconfig is not giving any details of eth0 since its dead. How did you solve the problem?
TIA
Suja Bhattacharya
Thanks!
Oddly enough you can’t restart networking from the /root directory or the /etc/init.d directory..
I found that if I cd to /home THEN i run /etc/init.d/networking restart (in debian) otherwise I just get “command not found”
Thank you!
@Jason: Try “/./etc/init.d/networking restart”. The first / says start from the root…
@Paranoid: lol! NEVER do this command unless you can actually touch the server with your bare hands!
the redhat example works fine for me!
As your page helped me. Would like to thank you…
I want to laurn linux redhat how to laurn plz tell me
With my backtrack 4 pre-final, I can resume only wired (eth0) network but wireless doesn’t work.
Which is the command for wireless?
Thank you
I’m with Paranoid. Several times my network has gone down due to power glitch or some other reason. I try the suggested:
service network restart
which does “work”. By that I mean that it shuts down eth0 and loopback and restarts loopback. Every time that this happens, I must reboot, then eth0 works again. Please tell me how to restart without rebooting. I run FC10.
Thanks!!!
Linton; sometimes things don’t always work as planned.
if a power failure or something causes you instability, invest in a ups!
also, write scripts to check if an interface is down or not. if this is a headless machine, having cron run your interface check script will save you headaches of dragging a monitor to your box.
you can use
#ping -I eth0 -c 1 192.168.1.1
where the -i eth0 is your desired interface, and 192.168.1.1 is a closest outside device, say, cable modem, etc… write a script that determines the status of your ping and to simply reconnect it if needed. tell cron to run it every 5 minutes and you’ve got a self supporting connection..
just a tip!
Hello Srs,
I have a problems when I use ’service network restart’ or ‘/etc/init.d/network restart’ on *centOs 5 .
The problems is , the network do not back, I block the network and only to back when I reboot the server .
Any ideia ?
Thanks all !