On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 09:30 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed,27.Aug.08, 21:34:38, Robert Jerrard wrote: > > I just got a new Siemens modem for the Telus high speed enhanced > > service. If I turn off the modem then turn it back on my Debian amd64 > > system has an IP address of 169.... when it should be a 192.... address > > from the DHCP set-up. No problem, just restart the network, right? > > However, when I do a > > > > /etc/init.d/networking restart > > > > it claims to have reconfigured the network but the IP address is not > > changed. I still have the 169... address. A reboot resets the IP > > properly but I should not have to reboot. Any idea why the soft > > networking restart does not re-do the IP properly? > > Check if you have zeroconf or network-manager installed and purge them.
Thanks Andrei, I had network-manager installed, purging it fixed the problem. Bob -- Dr. Robert J. Jerrard, Professor of Mathematics, Concordia University College of Alberta, 7128 Ada Blvd., Edmonton, Alberta, T5B 4E4, Canada. Phone: (780) 479-9291, Fax: (780) 474-1933. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]