[Lilux-help] on/off problems with IP

[Serge Marelli]

On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 15:26, Alain Knaff wrote:
> begin  Tuesday 04 May 2004 14:31, Brent Frère quote:
> > No. Ifconfig down up just stops the interface and restarts it. It does
> > not triggers the dhcp client.
> 
> You can however do
>  ifdown eth0
>  ifup eth0
> 
> ifup does start the dhcp client. The advantage of using ifdown/ifup is
> that it only concerns one interface, so you might dare to do it
> remotely, logged in via another interface ;-)
> 
> Alain

Thanks, THAT's probably what I was looking for.

thanks a lot
  Serge


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