How To Start / Stop / Restart Network and Routing Services (source)
To start FreeBSD network service:
/etc/rc.d/netif start
To stop FreeBSD network service:
/etc/rc.d/netif stop
To restart FreeBSD network service:
/etc/rc.d/netif restart
Manual method using ifconfig
To stop network card (NIC) on-fly:
ifconfig network-interface down
To start network card (NIC) on fly:
ifconfig network-interface up
To list down network interface:
ifconfig -d
To list up network interface:
ifconfig -u
FreeBSD Update / restart routing tables / service
It is also necessary to update routing table after restating networking service, enter:
/etc/rc.d/routing restart
How do I restart network service over ssh session?
You need to type the commands as follows in order to avoid problems:
/etc/rc.d/netif restart && /etc/rc.d/routing restart