initialize(ADMN)

initialize -- bring network interfaces up or down

Synopsis

/usr/sbin/initialize [-U | -D]

/usr/sbin/initialize -u [ all | interface ]

/usr/sbin/initialize -d interface

Description

initialize(ADM) is used to bring network interfaces up or down. Each network interface configured on the system is defined by a string consisting of the network driver and the unit number (such as net0 for the first NIC card or lo0 for the loopback interface).

Usage

initialize -U and initialize -u all bring up all network interfaces; initialize -D takes them down.

The -u and -d options are used to operate on one interface at a time.

References

netcfg(ADM), ifconfig(ADMN), netstat(TC)