[H-GEN] RH 7.2 PCMCIA Boot and Dynamic IP address renewal

[Robert Kearey]

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Robert Kearey wrote:

>> 2. In Windows, I can type "ipconfig /release" and "ipconfig /renew" to
>> release and renew the IP address that has been dynamically assigned to
>> the NIC.  I have tried searching for a way to do this on Linux, but have
>> so far been unsuccessful.  It seems neither dhcpcd nor ifconfig support
>> this functionality, and I thought that dhcpcd would be the obvious
>> choice.  Does anyone know of a way to release/renew the IP without
>> rebooting the machine?

> man ifconfig

Whoops, hold on, 'scuse my french &c

You can use ifup or ifdown, of course.

>> HiltonT

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