Once you make changes in the server network configuration file, then require to restart the server networking service in order to reflect the changes.
This guide will describe the steps to restart the network interface or network adapter in the Linux and Windows servers.
Restarting Network interface/adapter in Linux OS
Ubuntu / Debian
Use the following command to restart the server networking service.
# sudo /etc/init.d/networking restartor# sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop# sudo /etc/init.d/networking startelse# sudo systemctl restart networking
Once this is done, use the following command to check the server network status.
# sudo /etc/init.d/networking statusor# sudo systemctl status networking
Ubuntu 17.10 and higher versions use NetPlan as the default network management tool and its configuration files are written in YAML syntax with a .yaml file extension
.
Run the below command to update networking and then any changes that have been made to the network will take effect:
# netplan apply
AlmaLinux
Use the following command to restart the server networking service.
# nmcli networking off# nmcli networking onor# systemctl restart NetworkManager
Once this is done, use the following command to check the server network status.
# nmcli -oor# systemctl status NetworkManager
Rocky Linux
Use the following command to restart the server networking service.
# nmcli networking off# nmcli networking onor# systemctl restart NetworkManager
Either of the below commands can be executed to check the status of the networking service.
# nmcli -oor# systemctl status NetworkManager
CentOS 8
Use the following command to restart the server networking service.
# nmcli networking off# nmcli networking onor# systemctl restart NetworkManager.service
Either of the below commands can be executed to check the status of the networking service.
# systemctl status NetworkManager.serviceor# nmcli -o
CentOS 7
Use the following command to restart the server networking service.
# systemctl restart network.serviceor# service network restartor# /etc/init.d/network restart
The status of the networking service can be checked by making use of any of the below commands.
# systemctl status network.serviceor# service network statusor# /etc/init.d/network status
CentOS 6
Use the following command to restart the server networking service.
# service network restartor# /etc/init.d/network restart
Once this is done, use the following command to check the server network status.
# service network statusor# /etc/init.d/network status
Windows OS
Using the Enable/Disable mode of network adapter
Click on the Windows key to open start and search
Settings
and go to theNetwork and Internet
then click onChange adapter option
which is shown in the below image.Then will get the below page:
Right-click the
Ethernet device
and click onDisable
option.Again, Right-click the
Ethernet device
and click onenable
option.Once this is done, Right-click the
Ethernet device
and click onstatus
.
Using the netsh command
In Windows OS, the command line method involves using the netsh command for resetting the network and TCP/IP stack.
Go to
Start
and typeCMD
in the search window.Once opened the
Command Prompt
, the command for restarting the network interface, as provided below, can be executed.> netsh winsock reset
Regularize the networking process as indicated in the message after restarting the server.
In addition to the above command, may also use the command which resets the TCP/IP stack. The command is as follows.
> netsh int ip reset
The output will be as follows:
Using the Network Reset option (Windows 10/11)
The reset button method can be used in Windows 10 & 11 versions by which the user can restart the Network interface. The steps for this are given below.
Click on Windows
Start Menu
button and then selectSettings
.From the
Settings
option, selectNetwork & Internet
option.Here you would be able to see the adapter options i.e
Advanced Network Settings
, from which you can click onNetwork Reset
option.Click on the
Reset Now
button on the right side ofNetwork reset
option and you will be prompted for the confirmation. ChooseYes
for proceeding with resetting the network settings.Once clicked on
Yes
, the network adapter will start to reset and you will be able to restart the network interface.
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