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First of all, my eth0 is a 3com905b connected to a cable modem provided by time warner who is leasing ip addresses from winnt sms site for one hour per host...<br />
How do you renew eth0's ip address?<br />
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#ifconfig eth0 down(release?)<br />
#ifconfig eth0 up(renew?)this not seem to affect eth0 interface at all.<br />
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I'm just looking for the equivalent to winnt command: ipconfig/renew, which usually accomplishes this task.<br />
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Is there a simple way of renewing eth0's ip add?<br />
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If not can that device be reinitialized while the system<br />
is on?<br />
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Any info on this is greatly appreciated...
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First of all, my eth0 is a 3com905b connected to a cable modem provided by time warner who is leasing ip addresses from winnt sms site for one hour per host...
How do you renew eth0's ip address?

#ifconfig eth0 down(release?)
#ifconfig eth0 up(renew?)this not seem to affect eth0 interface at all.

I'm just looking for the equivalent to winnt command: ipconfig/renew, which usually accomplishes this task.

Is there a simple way of renewing eth0's ip add?

If not can that device be reinitialized while the system
is on?

Any info on this is greatly appreciated...

ifconfig eth0 --renew?

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.