13-August-2006, 05:52 PM
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Re: The BA's Blog
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Originally Posted by Lance
Shutting down isn't necessary. All that does is leave you disconnected a little longer so, hopefully, the last IP you had got reassigned to someone else in the mean time.
There is another, far easier way to accomplish the same thing in Windows XP:
1) Click [START] then [RUN] and type "CMD" in the dialog box. Click [OK]
2) At the prompt, type "ipconfig /release" (without quotes)
3) Wait some reasonable amount of time
4) At the prompt, type "ipconfig /renew" (without quotes)
5) Close the CMD window
This will get you a new IP address, assuming one is available and you are on DHCP. It won't harm anything if you're not. No rebooting required.
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You should listen to Lance
He whose llamas advance
To take over your PC
And dominate the globes
While feigning "I see"
And "fixing" your phobes.
Such patterns are rare
Except where there's air
Enough for a pack
On a llama's broad back.
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