Q Re Resetting Nic (mac Unix)

[bharoche]

I'm setting up a standalone powerbook for developing with CFML and SQL server. I'm able to run SQL server on virtualpc but to do so I have to set the powerbook's ethernet card to loopback using these commands:

sudo ifconfig en0 mediaopt hw-loopback
sudo ifconfig eno media 100baseTX

Works fine...I can develop without being attached to an ethernet network. The only downside is I have to re-boot the machine in order to reset the NIC and access the Net or re-join a LAN. I imagine there's a command(s) I can use to disable the loopback, or re-set the NIC without a re-boot. I've googled around and tried variations of down, delete, -alias, up etc. without luck.

I'm a unix newbie but I know how to type in a terminal window. Easy explanations appreciated. TIA.

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Bob Haroche

OnPoint Solutions
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[BjarneDM]

how about: sudo ifconfig en0 media autoselect ?

[bharoche]

Great. That did it. Thank you.