Operation Manual

FunctionCommand
faces (or just a specied one). Use
rcnetwork stop to stop,
rcnetwork start to start and
rcnetwork restart to restart
network interfaces. If you want to stop,
start or restart just one interface, use
the command followed by the interface
name, for example rcnetwork
restart eth0. The rcnetwork
status command displays the state
of the interfaces, their IP addresses and
whether a DHCP client is running.
With rcnetwork
stop-all-dhcp-clients and
rcnetwork
restart-all-dhcp-clients
you can stop or restart DHCP clients
running on network interfaces.
For more information about udev and persistent device names, see Chapter 12, Dynamic
Kernel Device Management with udev (page 207).
13.6.1 Conguration Files
This section provides an overview of the network conguration les and explains their
purpose and the format used.
13.6.1.1 /etc/syscong/network/ifcfg-*
These les contain the congurations for network interfaces. They include information
such as the start mode and the IP address. Possible parameters are described in the
manual page of ifup. Additionally, most variables from the dhcp and wireless
les can be used in the ifcfg-* les if a general setting should be used for only one
interface. However, most of the /etc/sysconfig/network/config variables
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