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IP release/renew
Name: Makis Date: December 31, 2002 at 03:35:40 Pacific OS: MAC OSX CPU/Ram: G3
Comment:
I use ADSL service (Ethernet modem) through my MAC .My Ethernet card is DHCP enable. Sometimes i need to release/renew my IP address in order to refresh my connection to the Internet. The only way achieve this is to shut down and start again my MAC. Can i release/renew my IP address without restarting my MAC? Do you know a similar command as in WIN OS?
Name: Wycke Date: January 2, 2003 at 06:05:09 Pacific
Reply:
From the University of Iowa's computing support site:
1. Launch the terminal application located on your Hard Drive:Applications:Utilities 2. Type sudo ifconfig en0 down 3. Enter your administrator password 4. Type sudo ifconfig en0 up
The only downside is that you need the Admin password of you machine, which a great many Mac OS X user's don't remember.
-Wycke
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Response Number 2
Name: the pickle Date: January 2, 2003 at 09:18:09 Pacific
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You can also do it by going into the Network pref pane, selecting something other than DHCP or Ethernet, and then re-selecting DHCP and Ethernet.
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Response Number 3
Name: Wycke Date: January 2, 2003 at 11:35:18 Pacific
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Yeah, you could do that, but the command line method (providing you know the admin password) is significantly faster.
Point and click is easier, but not necessarily faster :)
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