On 5/24/07, Danny Colligan <<a href="mailto:dannycolligan@gmail.com">dannycolligan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Therefore, I changed the entries in /etc/networks/interfaces to reflect the static values and did a sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart. This, however, did not make the server drop the dynamic connection. I eventually accomplished this by the Windows universal solution (i.e. a reboot) and then the server used the static address. My question is, what would be the "right way" to do this? That is, explicitly drop the DHCP connection in favor of the static one without rebooting? Thanks in advance, Danny Colligan</blockquote><div> Assuming eth0 and correct /etc/network/interfaces $ sudo ifdown eth0 edit /etc/network/interfaces $ sudo ifup eth0 -- Mitch </div> </div>