How in Slackware 12.1 with KDE 3.5.9 using that KNemo tool connecting with a standard DSL modem, do I renew the DHCP IP address to be able to reconnect online when I had shutoff the dsl modem or not had it on during the boot up process? And yes all 4 lites are on with my Westell DSL modem from Verizon. I did check the options for use with; "ifconfig" command, but there is no renew, or restart listed, (like ipconfig /renew in XP) I did find a thread post about; "dhclient eth0" to renew the IP address, or just re-start the DHCP client service manually ? What way works best ?

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"dhcpcd eth0" should get you a new ip address without restarting the network services.

Brian

So then do I enter; "dhcpcd eth0" in a konsole terminal as root user just after I turn on my DSL modem, or wait for 3-4 lites to be on first? And thanks for the help. My idea is to kill the DHCP client process, (dhcpcd) and then re-start that service when I turn on the DSL modem.

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Then you are better off doing "/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart" as that will kill a running dhcpcd process, and so will save you a step.

Brian

I did try that dhcpcd eth0 in konsole as root, and it said; "already running", but then it did re-connect my DSL online just fine, thanks.