From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 15 4:29: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D0E037B400 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 04:29:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web12908.mail.yahoo.com (web12908.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.174.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5884243E65 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 04:29:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from robbakfreebsd@yahoo.co.uk) Message-ID: <20020915112900.48665.qmail@web12908.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [203.221.121.204] by web12908.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 04:29:00 PDT Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 04:29:00 -0700 (PDT) From: robert Backhaus Subject: Re: "Repair" for FreeBSD To: Pookie , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <000001c25c7a$d9051670$0a5efea9@pookie> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --- Pookie wrote: > I need to figure out how to repair man Ethernet device, or restart > it. I > noticed in windows you can "repair" one. How is this accomplished in > FBSD? the `Repair' function in windows does, among other things, renew the dhcp lease. possibly it stops and re-starts the device as well, although I've done a test, and it seems not to. (web download continues through a repair or two). This can be done in bsd by running (as root) the dhclient program. (I think). __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message