At 6:00 PM -0700 4/19/02, Jason Tessier wrote: >To release/renew your address, you can switch your connection method in >TCP/IP from Ethernet to PPP or something else, close the control panel, and >then open it and switch back. > >This works well when you've set up configurations in TCP/IP, like one for >Ethernet/DHCP and one for your other method. > >I don't think you have to have the "load only when needed" unchecked. It >should work either way. > >If your cable modem is set up so only one computer can pass through it at >once, you will have to disconnect your old computer from it, reset the cable >modem, and then plug in the new one. Cable modems are required to learn MAC >addresses they see, and they have to remember them until they are reset. > > > I have a PM7200/90 with system 8.6 >> >> Can anyone tell me how to release the IP address for a DHCP server. I want >to >> switch my cable internet connection to another computer. I don't have the >TCP/IP >> Options control panel for system 9.1, and it probably would not work >anyways.
To actually get the DHCP server to release the lease, which is what I think you want, you will have to wait for it to expire, or use a tool like IP net monitor from sustworks to force the server to release it, the other people are confused, I think Regards James ___________________________________________________________ James Sedgwick mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sedgwick & Son http://homepage.mac.com/jsedgwick/ Information System Specialists and proud Canadians -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
