Set Network Interface Defaults

[kiowa50161]

Like many I had to learn to bring up my wlan0 adapter and then use Wicd to connect. I want to undo all my changes so that I can try it again. Is there a way to set my network settings back to factory default?

[lupin]

Reboot for a live environment. Reinstall for a hard disk install. Remove the changes you made in either mode - delete entries in files, use commands that remove instead of add addresses, or that turn something off instead of turning it on. Its not exactly rocket surgery.

[xX_Spiidey_Xx]

Its not exactly rocket surgery.

mom told me that i'd never grow up to be a rocket surgeon - she said that there aren't enough organic parts on a rocket. by stating this lupin, are you suggesting that rocket surgery is possible? where is the rocket surgeon school? i wanna go!

I want to undo all my changes so that I can try it again. Is there a way to set my network settings back to factory default?

i don't think the devs work in a backtrack factory, but like lupin said, the only way to do this is to reboot if you were using a live boot or reinstall. since you're asking this question, i'm assuming that you haven't a clue what files you may have edited, so in your case i'd go with a full-on reinstall, and next time copy the files before you edit them, appending a .bak or .orig extension to them. comment out sections using a hash (#) instead of deleting them. maybe even take notes, for example:

# 23-02-10: edited /etc/network/interfaces and added wlan1 with the following settings:
# network ... netmask... gateway...
# blah blah blah

[lupin]

mom told me that i'd never grow up to be a rocket surgeon - she said that there aren't enough organic parts on a rocket. by stating this lupin, are you suggesting that rocket surgery is possible?

All the cool kids say its possible.