Re: What is the proper way to release a DHCP lease

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> On Aug 7, 2018 5:57 PM, Jay Hart <jhart@kevla.org> wrote:
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>> Hello all,
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>> About ready to put a new box online, but need to "release" the MAC / IP address [of the old box]
>> if I can prior to swapping out the boxes.  This might save me a call to Verizon.
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>> I tried "dhcp release", but the OS returned a "command not found" error, essentially.
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>> What is the proper way to get this done?  I'm drawing a blank with my google fu tonight.
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>> Thanks,
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>> Jay
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> dhclient -r 'interface'

Edgar,

Thank You, I missed that somehow while searching.

Jay