Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #6645

From:	"Lewis G Rosenthal" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>	Full Headers Undecoded message
Subject:	Re: [OS2Wireless] DHCP: how to force a lease renewal ?
Date:	Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:09:20 -0500
To:	OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

On 02/28/10 04:53 pm, Julian Thomas thus wrote : On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:54:43 -0500 Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: Under Windows, it's nigh on impossible to do this *without* the command prompt (if someone has a way, please let me know - Access Connections, perhaps, if running a ThinkPad?). Just go to a command prompt and enter: ipconfig /release <Enter> ipconfig /renew <Enter> What about what you suggested for Mac - deactivate and then reactivate the interface? It works, though sometimes (depending upon the machine), it can take an annoyingly long time, and on one particular W2K3 server I had to work on (static address), deactivating and then activating the interface bluescreened the machine consistently... -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC www.2rosenthals.com Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com visit my IT blog www.2rosenthals.net/wordpress -------------------------------------------------------------

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