DHCP oddness

[Jonathan Murray]

Perhaps this is problem with dhclient.leases file? It doesn't seem like 
everything is being refreshed. maybe try doing a /etc/init.d/networking 
restart? I'm not sure if that does more than ifconfig interface_name 
down/up.

Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> Anyone experience anything like this?
> 
> I have Ubuntu Feisty-Beta running on a Dell Optiplex GX260.  Because  
> of a quick fix job that had to be done, the hub the system was  
> plugged into was removed, so the system was running but didn't have  
> network access.
> 
> When I got back I plugged the system into a wall socket for network  
> connectivity instead of going into the hub it was on before.  While  
> it would say it was on a wired network, DHCP would *not* pull a new  
> address.  I shut down the interface (ifconfig eth0 down) and brought  
> it back up, still nothing.  I switched patch cables, still nothing.   
> Only rebooting the computer allowed it to correctly pull an address.
> 
> Anyone run into this before?
> 
> -Bart
>