[Techtalk] Help!

[Hamster]

> > Once I had it all reset I rebooted to give it a chance to 
> > find a new IP (I use DCHP) because I do not yet know the 
> > linux equivalent for "ipconfig /renew".
> 
> I don't use DHCP. But I do know that RH has a tool for it:
> 
>        pump  - configure network interface via BOOTP or DHCP 
>        protocol

pump is a very good dhcp client. Most distros come with two dhcp clients, one called dhcpcd (dhcp client daemon) and one called pump. I always deinstall the dhcpcd and install pump.

There are two ways of doing a ipconfig /renew.

One is to restart the network services using
service network restart
and the other is just to restart the individual network card using
ifdown eth0
ifup eth0

of course if eth0 is not the right interface, then select the correct one, maybe eth1 or ppp0 or something.

HTH

H