How to renew the ip address on a Linux machine?

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Author: John Albee
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Subject: How to renew the ip address on a Linux machine?
I also mistakenly assumed that you were connecting to a network like @home when I first read your message.

John Albee

On Sat, 12 May 2001 14:29:48 -0700
Gontran <> wrote:

> * John Albee () wrote:
> > THe best approach is to use a program like pump to maintain your IP address. RedHat includes pump, but I am not sure as the included equivalent on SuSE. Pump is available at freshmeat.net if you choose to use it.
> >
> > John Albee
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 10 May 2001 15:26:07 -0700 (PDT)
> > Sundar Narayanasamy <> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Just a simple question. I am connected to the DHCP server. How do you
> > > exactly renew the IP address when I need to in Linux(SuSE 7.1)
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > Sundar
> > >
> Sundar,
>
> Try 
>     % dhclient  

>
> No parameters needed. Just discovered it on my SuSE 6.2 laptop the other day
> -- hadn't needed to use dhcp with it before. I though at first that it was
> SuSE specific, but turns out it's not. man 8 dhclient.
>
>
> Gontran
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