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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.)
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