How to restart my network without reboot?

[Steven Wiltshire]

Hi Rob,

I suggest using ifconfig to modify the netmask. Try this:
"ifconfig device inet ip.address.here netmask netmask.goes.here 
broadcast your.broadcast.address.here"

For example, "ifconfig fxp0 inet 10.0.0.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 
broadcast 10.0.0.255" - this should tide you over until the machine is 
next rebooted. Just in case it doesn't work, though, make sure you have 
non-ethernet access to the machine (as I've found out the hard way 
previously :)

--Steven

Rob Lahaye wrote:

>
>
> 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.
>
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