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Subject: How Does One Realease and/or Renew IP's in UNIX??
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In dos, one can implement the all too familiar:

ipconfig /release_all

....and consequently:

ipconfig /renew_all

But, how can you do this in UNIX? Scanned through ifconfig man, tried
shutting down the network interface. No go.. Anyone know?

Thanks

Brad


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