26 May
2009
26 May
'09
1:52 a.m.
I am using Hathway cable internet where they bind your ip settings to your pc. If I unplug the lan cable from the pc and plug it into my laptop, I cannot browse. They are using some sort of dhcp with a static ip (I know that sounds funny - but that's what they say).
When I called the helpdesk, they said what I need to do is release the ip from my machine and then renew it on my laptop. something like ipcfg release and then ipcfg renew. The guy obviously has no clue how to do it in linux.
What would be the equivalent in linux. I am using debian 5 and kubuntu 9.04 on the two machines.
Thanks,
Sharukh.
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Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. Homoeopath, Linuxer.
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