[NTLUG:Discuss] dhcpcd guestion

[Fred James]

man ifup, man ifdown, on RH 7.2 returned nothing.
network restart had no effect - don't know why
I think dhcpcd -k is going to do it - I'll let you know next time it happens


jeremyb at univista.com wrote:

>I think RH 7.2 still has the ifup and ifdown scripts.   Use those.
>
>   #> ifdown eth0 
>   #> ifup eth0
>
>If that doesn't get it then you can always do:
>
>   #> /etc/init.d/network restart
>
>But,  that'll bring all interfaces down for a few seconds.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: MadHat [mailto:madhat at unspecific.com] 
>Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 5:48 PM
>To: NTLUG-Discuss
>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] dhcpcd guestion
>
>
>On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 03:37, Fred James wrote:
>
>>If dhcpcd doesn't get a new IP on startup, but holds the stuff it had
>>before power down, what is the best way to force it to net a new lease 
>>(is that the right word?)?
>>Am I asking a question that makes sense?
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Dell Latitude C800
>>RH 7.2
>>
>
>delete the /etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-<INTERFACE>.* then either HUP the dhcpcd or
>(in my case) remove and readd the card (used for my wireless) :^)
>
>there are probably command line options, but this is the way I force it when
>necessary.
>

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