On Tuesday 01 February 2005 20:35, JoeHill wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 14:32:36 -0500
>
> Hugh Crissman disseminated the following:
> > I have searched high and low but can't find the command to refresh my
> > dhcp configured ip address. Often I find myself moving from one network
> > to the next and I don't want to reboot my laptop every time I want to
> > acquire a new ip on the new network. What shell command will do this for
> > me?
>
> 'ifconfig down', then 'ifconfig up' should do it.

If you enable network Hotplugging
(MandrakeControlCentre>Network>ManageConnections>Options), then the network
 will be automatically 'downed' when you disconnect the NIC (after 20 secs) 
and will be 'upped' automatically when it is connected again. You should then 
get a new IP address.

derek

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