Bringing the Ethernet Interface Down for a While

[Whitley GS11 Cecil H]

Hi,
Hmmmm, sounds to me like a dhcp issue.  If your service is like roadrunner
here, they timeout the ip address every four hours.  I've not used dhcp
under linux, but I think if you do a renew things will come back to normal.

Anyone out there got the command specifics for a release/renew for dhcp
under linux?
ifconfig eth0 renew
That would be my guess, but it's just a guess.  All the unix boxes i've
worked with have static addresses.  

Cecil