Renew IP Address

When computers are moved from one network to another network, its IP address changes. This change is not reflected immediately in network adapters. In order to force a reset of these adapters, the following commands are used.

Renew IP Address

Windows
1. Open a cmd prompt in elevated mode
2. Execute the command
    c:\windows\system32> ipconfig /renew


Linux
1. Open a Terminal as root
2. Execute the command
    $ ifconfig eth0 down
    $ ifconfig eth0 up