Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 19:14:03 -0500 From: "Chris Silva" <bitsurfer@mediaone.net> To: "Nathaniel G H" <bsd_appliance@bemail.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: DHCP "refresh" question Message-ID: <KCELIGPCPGAIDMNBHMOGGEGHDDAA.bitsurfer@mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <200008231928.MAA03243@mail2.bigmailbox.com>
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Here' what I did, it's not the best way I'm sure, but this works perfect for
me ;)
Oh, xl0 is MY nic, insert yours....
/etc/renew.dhcp
dpid=`ps aux |grep "dhclient " |awk '{print $2}'`
kill -9 ${dpid}
/sbin/dhclient xl0
/etc/crontab
# Kill and renew the DHCP settings for my cable modem
0 0,4,8,12,16,20 * * * root /etc/renew.dhcp
#-----Original Message-----
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#[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Nathaniel G H
#Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 2:28 PM
#To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
#Subject: Re: DHCP "refresh" question
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#>> How can I fix this? Is there any way to tell the machine to
#>> obtain a new address when there is no route to an external host?
#>
#>The easy way would be to kill the dhclient and restart it...
#
#That is quite obvious, and very simple... but it requires human
#intervention. I was trying to find out if there is a way to do
#this automatically. It needs to happen when the DHCP address is
#no longer valid, but the lease time has not expired.
#
#Thanks,
#NGH
#
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