Date: 10 Mar 2002 00:30:40 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Release/Renew IP?? Message-ID: <44it852dmn.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20020309012046.00968c20@pop.netzero.net> References: <4.2.0.58.20020309012046.00968c20@pop.netzero.net>
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Lord Raiden <raiden23@netzero.net> writes: > Ok, this is not something I normally deal with because this > usually isn't an issue, so for now it's more of a curiosity. How do > you release and renew your IP under FreeBSD 4.5 without rebooting? > I'm curious and I'm gonna store this away for later when I might > actually need it. Thanks. With or without rebooting, the default FreeBSD DHCP client doesn't release leases. You can always force a renewal by restarting the client, but it won't do a release -- it will just try to get a new lease. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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