ifup eth0 - command that brings up the ethernet port eth0

Reference: http://sblinux.org/m7v1.0/manual7_5-7-1.html

Command line utilities are useful for seeing detailed information, and are also commonly used in troubleshooting. Most must be run as root.

Mepis 7.0
Problem: Internet is shutdown (network icon is also gone)
Solution: type

ifup eth0

as root (in Konsole) and the connection will be reset and the network icon will come back.

Ex.:
root@mepis1:~# ifup eth0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/eth0/00:14:2a:1a:7c:1d
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:14:2a:1a:7c:1d
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.2.1
bound to 192.168.2.2 -- renewal in 919653231 seconds.
root@mepis1:~#