Re: Re: Re: DHCP to static without reboot?

2018-08-25 Thread Mark Pavlichuk
If I use a completely vanilla freshly installed VM (on VirtualBox)...  LXDE, but otherwise standard options: Even a simple "ifdown " with no configuration changes gives inconsistent results.  Three different results so far: 1) Sometimes it SEEMS like it releases the DHCP address, and

Re: Re: DHCP to static without reboot?

2018-08-24 Thread Mark Pavlichuk
ifdown doesn't seem to work.  It seems to complete successfully with messages about a released DHCP address, but ifconfig shows the interface is still up, a ping will be returned etc...  Though if I try another ifdown it will say the interface is not configured. If I then make configuration