In Windows, we can simply do the following to get an IP from DHCP:
#To release ipconfig /release #To renew ipconfig /renew |
How to do it in Linux, or Ubuntu more specifically?
For a while, I’ve done the following in Ubuntu when trying to get an IP from DHCP:
#first, down the interface sudo ifdown eth0 #then, up it again and it will get a lease from DHCP sudo ifup eth0 |
This worked, sort of, but I just felt turning something on/off didn’t seem like the right way to do it. Then I found out about dhclient. Use it as follows:
#To release your current lease sudo dhclient -r #To get another lease sudo dhclient |
As simple as that. Enjoy!