Sunday, June 10, 2012

Release and renew an IP address in Ubuntu 12.04

There is a very simple way to release and renew your IP address under Ubuntu.

To release the existing IP address type in a Terminal window:
Sudo dhclient -r


To renew the IP address type in a Terminal window:
sudo dhclient

And that's it. Simple.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Informative blog really helpful for those who want to refresh their ip address in unbuntu.I followed the steps specified here and changed my ip address ..Then i visited sites like Ip-Details.com to know my current network ip address.