From: "J R FOX" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:13:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: DHCP: how to force a lease renewal ?
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After using fixed-IP DSL for many years, I'm still pretty new to 
DHCP, which I previously only used as a Guest at others' residences
or offices. The other day, I lost the internet connection towards 
the end of a few-hours session.  *Every* attempted URL then became 
a 'Page Not Found.'  This hardly ever happened with the fixed IP + 
DSL, and when it did it was very obvious that it was some major 
event, like the local or regional AT&T broadband service being down.  (I think that is much more common around S.D., with TWC, where 
someone will dig up a cable somewhere in the area, and then 
Kablooey.)

But that's not really the kind of major service interruption I'm 
talking about.  Far more common is something I've seen at a relative's 
place, where some kind of "sync" is lost between PC, router, and 
cable modem, where the connection is re-established by rebooting 
each of these in a certain order.  I think that what I saw the 
other day is much more common still, and involves loss / non-renewal 
of the DHCP lease.  That is, I probably do not need to reboot the 
computer, or the router, or the cable modem.  So, my question: What 
is the command (or GUI object, or widget) in eCS to force a new 
cable connection &/or new lease ?  (And, what is the equivalent thing 
you can try in Windoze ?  If I was a 'Nix user, I'd ask about that 
one too.)  


 Jordan