Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 11:58:48 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@keyslapper.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: forcing renew of DHCP lease Message-ID: <20011105115847.A32065@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <NEBBIGLHNDFEJMMIEGOOAEAAEFAA.peter@skyrunner.net> References: <NEBBIGLHNDFEJMMIEGOOAEAAEFAA.peter@skyrunner.net>
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--17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/05/01 11:36 AM, Peter Brezny sat at the `puter and typed: > How do you force an interface to renew its dhcp lease? >=20 > I've tried taking the devise up and down again >=20 > ifconfig fxp1 down|up >=20 > and=20 >=20 > ficonfig fxp1 inet DHCP >=20 > Searched the ifconfig man page for dhcp...no luck... Try this: killall dhclient Then run: dhclient fxp1 To verify the renewal, check /var/db/dhclient.leases - usually the last entry. This won't necessarily bring down your interface or even interrupt your connectivity, but the lease will be updated. HTH Lou --=20 Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org =D4=BF=D4=AC life, n.: A whim of several billion cells to be you for a while. --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE75sVHeAPWYrNkRWIRAqlQAJ9rffkL5UMWeKmr0AnSVjQ2nG3jmACfd5pd wJRgX59tjCh9diXJ1yYN1lY= =gnDc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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