[Lilux-help] on/off problems with IP

[Brent Frère]

alex a écrit :

>On Tuesday 04 May 2004 10:48,begin   Serge Marelli wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I normally access the Net via the cable.
>>Sometimes, when I boot my computer, I don't have an IP address.  This is
>>usually because for one reason or the other I've unplugged my
>>cable-modem.  So I plug the modem back in and... nada... still no IP
>>(even if I wait).
>>So I usually have to reboot :(
>>
>>My question : is there a way to force the system to recognize that the
>>network (cable-modem) plugged to eth0 is back up and that it should
>>request an IP address (via DHCP)?
>>
>>Would something like
>>
>>~ # ifconfig eth0 down
>>~ # ifconfig eth0 up
>>
>>work?
>>    
>>
>Of course
>  
>
No. Ifconfig down up just stops the interface and restarts it. It does 
not triggers the dhcp client.

>Or simply restart the network:
>/etc/rc.d/network restart
>  
>
This should do the trick.

>Al
>
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