How to release and renew a DHCP IP address in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)/9.10 (Karmic)/9.04(Jaunty)

We have already discussed how to setup DHCP server in Ubuntu .This tutorial will explain how to release and renew a DHCP IP address in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)/9.10 (Karmic)/9.04(Jaunty)
Release a DHCP ip address in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)/9.10 (Karmic)/9.04(Jaunty)

Open the terminal and run the following command

sudo dhclient -r

Renew a DHCP ip address in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)/9.10 (Karmic)/9.04(Jaunty)

Open the terminal and run the following command

sudo dhclient

or

sudo dhclient eth0

Note:- eth0 is your Ethernet interface

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2 Responses

  1. Jerad says:

    Hmm, I always just issue “service networking restart” (or /etc/init.d/networking restart).

    Guess that isn’t the right way to do it, but works for me.

  2. maedox says:

    @Jerad: I guess it depends on why you need a new lease. If you change networks you will get a new address by restarting networking, but that also brings me to the next question.

    @UbuntuGeek: Does dhclient -r release the lease and ask for a new address and get a fresh one, or will one get the same address you had earlier (if any)?

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