Is there a command to 'renew' the IP Address?

[Gaz]

Hi,

Is there a way to tell the router to request/renew the ISP provided IP Address?

Currently I just disable the internet connection for 1 minute and then renable it and I normally get a new IP.

Is there an easier/better way than this and is there a way this can be scheduled. so for example it does it every night or once a week for example?

I know I can schedule reboots but I don't wish to lose local connectivity.

Love the FW and have been a long time user.

Hope someone can help. Thanks in advance.

G

 

[Shonk]

I use this when im going to change routers temp
if i dont use this i have to wait 60mins for a lease

Release:
killall -SIGUSR2 udhcpc

Renew:
killall -SIGUSR1 udhcpc

 

[Gaz]

Thats great. Im confused as to where i enter that though. I'm sure there used to be a field where you could enter commands but now I cant seem to find it.

Is there any way to schedule this?

Thanks

 

[faria]

Thats great. Im confused as to where i enter that though. I'm sure there used to be a field where you could enter commands but now I cant seem to find it.

Is there any way to schedule this?

Thanks

Those commands are applied via telnet or another client like Putty.
As for Scheduling it, you can write a cron job .

Here is an example;

create a script on Jffs/scripts/
save it as renew-isp-ip.sh

add the following code to the script:

#!/bin/sh

killall -SIGUSR1 udhcpc

then go to jffs/scripts/services-start

and add this code for the cron job

cru a renew-isp-ip "* 1 * * * /jffs/scripts/renew-isp-ip.sh" # renews Isp ip every day at 1am

Save it and reboot
the above cron example job will renew your ipp every day at i am