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Topics: AIX, Networking, System Admin

Interface down from boot

If you wish to disable a network interface permanently, avoiding NETWORK DOWN errors in the error report:

# chdev -l en0 -a state=down -P
This command will permanently bring down the en0 interface (permanently means after reboot).



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