How to restart my network without reboot?

[Rob Lahaye]

Hi,

I had to change the netmask of my ethernet card. So I modified /etc/rc.conf. But for that to take
effect, I should reboot. Now, how can I avoid a reboot for such a small change?

I had a look at the ifconfig command, to set the interface manually, but I was completely
lost by the amount of settings and options there.

I hoped that an easy command as: "/etc/rc.network restart" would do the trick, but that didn't work.

Can someone help me out here?

Thanks,
Rob.