On Thursday 2007-05-03 05:46:06 Joe Smith wrote: > I had to unplug my network connection (FC5; single PC-cable modem) for a > couple of hours today, and when I plugged it back in, the kernel > recognized that the link was up again, but the dhcp client did not > reconfigure the link. I tried ifconfig eth0 down/up--no change. I > finally just killed and re-started dhclient, which worked but seems > pretty clunky. What's the recommended solution? > > <Joe > Why not use NetworkManager, it starts/stops dhclient when needed? # chkconfig NetworkManager on # service NetworkManager start In KDE there's knetworkmanager tray icon (don't remember the Gnome one) to control it. -- Regards, Doncho
