Figured it out. You have to type: #ifconfig ath0 dhcp release
On 10/8/07, Matt Day <matthew.scott.day at gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes a valid ipv4 address exists before I use it, and after I use it (which > is the problem) :) > > On 10/8/07, Tony Reeves <tonyr60 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > OK, sorry am not familiar with that sub-command. Did it have a valid > > ipv4 address before you used it? > > > > On 10/9/07, Matt Day <matthew.scott.day at gmail.com> wrote: > > > WHen I read the man page release is there though... And it says it > > will > > > Relinquish the IP addresses on the interface... I'm still learning my > > way > > > around but I'm not sure how to go about releasing the IP addresses. > > > > > > > > > On 10/8/07, Tony Reeves <tonyr60 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > It assumes "release" is the name of a host, which it cannot find in > > > > /etc/hosts, via DNS, LDAP or NIS etc. > > > > > > > > On 10/9/07, Matt Day <matthew.scott.day at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > #ifconfig ath0 > > > > > > > > > > shows me the flags, my inet address, netmask, broadcast... it's > > > connected. > > > > > > > > > > #ifconfig ath0 release > > > > > ifconfig: release: bad address > > > > > > > > > > Why does it tell me bad address? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > laptop-discuss mailing list > > > > > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/laptop-discuss/attachments/20071008/54569500/attachment.html>
