[Techtalk] connecting to network after bootup

[Cynthia Kiser]

Quoting drichter at fastmail.fm <drichter at fastmail.fm>:
> I have a laptop computer that uses DHCP under Fedora. When I plug it
> into a network (that supports DHCP) and boot it, it connects to the
> network. But if I plug it into the network after it has booted, it
> doesn't connect. What set of commands will connect it without rebooting?

roughly: sudo ifup eth0

This assumes that the interface that is your DHCP connection is called
eth0. To check that, look in  /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and see
if you have a file ifcfg-eth0 and see if it controls your DHCP
connection.