Mehul Ved wrote:
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. lists@pavri.net wrote:
I am using Hathway cable internet where they bind your ip settings to your pc. If I unplug the lan cable from the pc and plug it into my laptop, I cannot browse. They are using some sort of dhcp with a static ip (I know that sounds funny - but that's what they say).
I do face this a lot of times too. I have tried to ask them many times as to the logic of the same and if they could disable it in my case. But, it all fell on deaf ears.
When I called the helpdesk, they said what I need to do is release the ip from my machine and then renew it on my laptop. something like ipcfg release and then ipcfg renew. The guy obviously has no clue how to do it in linux.
What would be the equivalent in linux. I am using debian 5 and kubuntu 9.04 on the two machines.
For the non-believers.
http://www.techenclave.com/broadband-forum/hathway-on-laptop-and-desktop-com...