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Myron

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Registered: 2021-02-14

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Exactly what does XFCE do when I enable and disable networking?

I accidentally turned off networking when I wanted to turn off Wi-Fi through the drop-down menu from the notification area. 

Question is, what does XFCE do in the background when networking is turned off and on and what CLI command can I use to re-enable (and disable) all networking if I accidentally disable networking when I sign in to root through the serial debug port?

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: Exactly what does XFCE do when I enable and disable networking?

Question is, what does XFCE do in the background when networking is turned off and on

Xfce doesn't do anything in the background - it doesn't include a networking component in its code.

and what CLI command can I use to re-enable (and disable) all networking if I accidentally disable networking

This will depend on the networking component that your distro has provided.

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Myron

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Registered: 2021-02-14

Posts: 5

Re: Exactly what does XFCE do when I enable and disable networking?

Question is, what does XFCE do in the background when networking is turned off and on

Xfce doesn't do anything in the background - it doesn't include a networking component in its code.

and what CLI command can I use to re-enable (and disable) all networking if I accidentally disable networking

This will depend on the networking component that your distro has provided.

Ok. I was directed here by someone from the Armbian forum.  Below is what I clicked on by accident which fully disabled anything to do with networking without any warning of confirmation.  I guess the question then is what does clicking that option invoke.

Clio

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Registered: 2011-01-25

Posts: 102

Re: Exactly what does XFCE do when I enable and disable networking?

This is the task of the network manager. You can see which one is installed in the settings.