release/renew ip

[speX]

well u know how windows have its ipconfig.... i was wondering if linux has something similar in terminal (so that i dont have to go to website to view my ip when i ahve to) and also... how to release/renew ip and the command for it >_> lol

[ahuffman]

:/

 

Try ifconfig as Root.

This will list your network interfaces.

 

ifup [interface_name] to start up one of the listed interfaces

ifdwon [interface_name] to bring down one of the listed network interfaces

 

Ive only been using linux a week, and still a wicked newbie, but I found this wonderful page with tons of commands and info: [/url][url=http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/]http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/

 

 

good-luck!

[znx]

well u know how windows have its ipconfig.... i was wondering if linux has something similar in terminal (so that i dont have to go to website to view my ip when i ahve to) and also... how to release/renew ip and the command for it >_> lol

 

If you are under a router, then its the router that is aware of its external IP, not your system. Therefore you will need to query it to find out.

 

Also to renew:

Code:

/etc/init.d/network restart

 

That will restart the networking scripts..

[z0ny]

If you want to get your public IP from a terminal check this thread. You could add an alias to your ~/.bashrc:

 

Code:

alias myip="wget -q www.whatismyip.com && grep displaycopy index.html|cut -d\' -f2 && rm -f index.html"

 

Afterwards you can retrieve your public IP with the 'myip' command. :)

[speX]

cool thx :)

but wat about releaseing and renewing ip like in windows if i ever need to renew my ip for a new ip

[z0ny]

but wat about releaseing and renewing ip like in windows if i ever need to renew my ip for a new ip

Either you restart your network as znx suggested or you run the following commands (first one not neccessary at all but you wanted the release, too):

 

Code:

ifconfig eth0 down
dhclient eth0