[TriLUG] laptop on-net/off-net

Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney trilug@trilug.org
17 Mar 2002 09:29:35 -0500


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On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 08:38, M. Mueller (bhu5nji) wrote:
> All I have to do is insert and eject the pcmcia nic.  I used /sbin/ifconf=
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> after each eject and insert and I can see eth0 after insert and I not see=
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> eth0 after eject.

/sbin/ifup & /sbin/ifdown are wrappers around ifconfig to do the up.down
functions based on the ifcfg-eth0 file for you. On RHL 7.2 these are
automagically called by the hotplug scripts.

> That's just too easy. Thanks.
>=20
> In the past, I was disconnecting the cable and not ejecting the nic.

Ah. That would cause a problem or two. The card would still be
registered. You could also use "cardctl eject [slot]" to software eject
the card - it stays in the machine, but pcmcia sees the slot as "empty"
until you either eject & re-insert or use "cardctl insert [slot]"

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