19 Jul
2006
19 Jul
'06
7:17 a.m.
Just curious to know, what do the ifup and ifdown commands do? Can they be used?
They are scripts to bring a network interface up and down.
ifup eth0 <=> ifconfig eth0 up ifdown eth0 <=> ifconfig eth0 down
However I have never opened the ifup and ifdown scripts to make sure that they are identical to the ifconfig commands above.
Cheers, Debarshi