Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > On 02/15/2013 01:35 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> >> wrote: >>> And when you edit ifcfg-eth0 what command restarts the interface? >> ifdown eth0 >> ifup eth0 >> >> If you are changing related routes or the MAC address, do the down >> before the change so the right values are seen. If you change >> something that doesn't affect the address you can usually stay >> connected if you put both commands on one line with a ; separator. > > Shows how long it has been. A dah moment when I saw your response. Oh, and if you're changing the MAC, don't forget, as of CentOS 6, to edit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules. If you don't, you're hosed. And then there's the new Dell boxen, which come up with em1 rather than eth0.... mark