Renew ip address with cable modem !! thx for help !!

[James McDonald]

Linux Novice wrote:
> I've tried ifconfig eth0 up and ifconfig eth0 down, the ip address remain
> same as before, How can I do can renew my computer ip address ?
> 
> Thanks for help !!

If you are using redhat or mandrake then '/etc/rc.d/init.d/network 
restart' will get your interfaces to refresh their ip addresses but you 
may just be receiving the same IP address from the dhcp server each time.

Why do you want a new ip address?