Hello I recently got a new DSL modem and am having a difficult time making the final connection to the router. Westell E90-610014-06 rev. C modem and linksys WRT 54G ver. 5. Centurytel DSL. I can do everything on Ubuntu via <a href="http://192.168.1.1">192.168.1.1</a> but do not know what the equivalent Ubuntu commands are for generating a new IP address. ipconfig ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew I have looked around but have been unable to find a nice simple howto on performing this operation. Looking at man ifconfig just confuses me and what I have found on the forums is not for the faint of heart. Nor do I really understand the whole networking issue at that level of detail. sudo ifconfig eth0 down sudo ifconfig eth0 up sudo dhclient eth0 I have already killed the modem a couple of times and it has taken several long phone calls to Centurytel DSL technical support to get it working again so I am really hesitant to be sudoing (is that a word?) without knowing what I am doing. Anything else on the command line is not problem (worst case is just install Ubuntu again which is minor) but this is my lifeline to the outside world. Breaking that and I am suddenly deep in a cave with a dead flashlight. I just want a nice simple one, two, three procedure. I can learn more as I go along but at the moment whipping out XP seems to be the best option because at least I know I am not going to destroy anything with those three basic commands. I will still have some problems to work through but this is a major sticking point at the moment. Thank you for any assistance you might be able to provide. tab