[LUNI] Networking question

[Mark Stuart Burge]

How about adding a 2nd network card and just enabling / disabling each 
network device using a shell script
or using the gui



Alternatively, use the router, but block wan access to all computers on 
the private lan whilst keeping your machine's ip with wan access. (less 
secure maybe)


Richard Reina wrote:
> I have a linux box that stays hooked up to the internet.  Once a day I need  to hook it up to our private LAN (no outside connection). I take the ethernet cable out of the router and plug it into our switch and use /usr/sbin/setup to assign it and IP address on our LAN.  I then execute /sbin/service network restart but I can't communicate with machines on my local LAN -- I can't even ping any of them.  If I reboot the machine all is well and I can comunicate with the network.  Is there something that I am omitting? Is there a way to change networks without rebooting?
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>  Thanks for any suggestions.
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>  Richard
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