Debian Network question

Kevin Brown wrote:
>
> "ifconfig eth0 down" works on RH. So does "ifdown eth0"
>
> Eric Richardson wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I just loaded debian 2.2 for both ethernet and ppp dialup. I'd like to
> > know how to stop just the eth0. The /etc/init.d/networking script seems
> > to be all or nothing. Starts both lo and eth0 or stops both and I don't
> > really want to unplug the ethernet connector.
Thanks, I did play with ifup but never made the connection.
Eric :-)