Restarting networking

[John T. Moran]

I am attempting to restart my network. I use dsl and cable (trying to 
get rid of cable with dsl being almost as fast at half the price). When 
I do a /etc/init.d/networking restart or stop and start I loose my ip 
address and end up with an ip of 127.0.0.1. I am still new at this and 
am trying to figure out how I can restart networking and pick up a new 
ip address.

John