This relates to Linux System Process Initialization (SysV).
Linux 2.0
service network restart
How to restart network in Ubuntu Server:
/etc/init.d/networking restart script based command.
Redhat / Fedora / CentOS
CentOS 7 restart network service
In centos 7 or RHEL7, the network service name is changed to “network.service“, issue the following systemctl command to restart network service on your current system:
systemctl restart network.service
or
systemctl restart network
To check the status of network service, run the following command:
systemctl status network.service
Debian / Ubuntu / Mint
Use service to run a System V init script such as networking.
service restart networking
Debian 6 : command error /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not enable again some interfaces
command error /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not enable again some interfaces
Restart networking for the latest version of Ubuntu server.
systemctl restart networking
To start networking service, enter :
sudo /etc/init.d/networking start
OR
sudo service networking start
To stop networking service, enter:
sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop
OR
sudo service networking stop
A note about desktop users
If above command failed, try the following command:
sudo service network-manager restart
OR systemd based Ubuntu system (latest version:
sudo systemctl restart network-manager