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From: "Peter Brezny" <peter@skyrunner.net>
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Subject: forcing renew of DHCP lease
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 11:36:02 -0500
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How do you force an interface to renew its dhcp lease?

I've tried taking the devise up and down again

ifconfig fxp1 down|up

and 

ficonfig fxp1 inet DHCP

Searched the ifconfig man page for dhcp...no luck...

TIA

Peter Brezny
Skyrunner.net

 

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