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FreeBSD 5.x/6.x includes netif shell script located in /etc/rc.d/ directory that is meant to restart networking service without system restart. Besides, /etc/rc.d/ contains scripts to start/stop/restart other services such as ssh or squid.
To start FreeBSD networking:
/etc/rc.d/netif start
To stop networking:
/etc/rc.d/netif stop
To restart networking:
/etc/rc.d/netif restart
To restart, start or stop routing service you can do:
/etc/rc.d/routing restart
FreeBSD 4.x and prior versions
To start networking you have to copy shell script as follows:
1) Copy file /usr/share/examples/etc/netstat to /etc dirctory
cp /usr/share/examples/etc/netstart /etc/network
2) And execute the script:
. /etc/network
OR
sh /etc/network
That script will do all necessary work for you (start network, routing, firewall and etc.).
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