No. Ifconfig down up just stops the interface and restarts it. It does not triggers the dhcp client.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
This should do the trick.Or simply restart the network: /etc/rc.d/network restart
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