Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 22:38:42 -0400 From: "Matthew K. Cowger" <mcowger@bowdoin.edu> To: Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong <nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg> Cc: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@jslivko.org>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Restart rc.conf Message-ID: <3b55d93b5886.3b58863b55d9@bowdoin.edu>
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By design, a DHCP server will always give you the same address you had before if at all possible, this is part of the RFC for DHCP itself, and is normal behavior. Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong <nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg> Date: Tuesday, July 3, 2001 10:40 pm Subject: Re: Restart rc.conf > HI Jonathan ; > But when I type "ifconfig" , it shows me the affected ethernet > card still > holding old IP address. > > "Jonathan M. Slivko" wrote: > > > ifconfig will unbind and bind the new IP's without the need for > a reboot, > > AFAIK. -- Jonathan > > > > \|||/ > > (o o) > > /-----------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo----------------------- > -----\ > > | Jonathan M. Slivko E-Mail: jslivko@jslivko.org > | > > | IRC Nick: optix` Backup: js43064n@pace.edu > | > > | AIhttp://www.jslivko.org | > > |--------------------------------------------------------------- > -----| > > | "History teaches us that days like this are best spent in > bed" | > > \--------------------------------------------------------------- > -----/ > > > > On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong wrote: > > > > > Hi ; > > > After I have change the IP address of the erthernet card , > how do I > > > restart it to update the change without rebooting the system . > > > I've tried type ". /etc/rc.conf" but seems like not work > at all . > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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