Re: Renew IP from DHCP

Henning Hasemann <h.hasemann@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Usually I do (quick & dirty):

* kill any old dhclient for that interface
* run dhclient ethX

Out of interest can you just:
dhclient -r
dhclient eth0

or is it necessary to kill the client?

Mark.

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