F21 - Refreshing DHCP lease on ethernet

[poma]

On 21.01.2015 16:13, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I am using ethernet to connect to a firewall I am configuring.  My 
> initial connection did not have any dhcp config info (because I had not 
> configured the server) like DNS servers and the like.  I have since 
> configed the firewall, but cannot get this information to my system.  I 

This should explain a "little" clearer.

> tried:
> 
> ifdown p6p1; ifup p6p1
> 

$ rpm -qf $(which ifdown) $(which ifup)
initscripts-9.56.1-6.fc21.x86_64
initscripts-9.56.1-6.fc21.x86_64

Should ask someone who actually uses this rather outdated method.
Plus biosdevname, eh.

> And that did not refresh the dhcp information.  I deleted the lease on 
> the firewall and bounced the ethernet with no changes. /etc/resolv still 
> does not have my DNS server addresses.
> 
> With WiFi, I would have turned off the radio, turned it back on, 
> connected to my SSID and (normally) gotten the new lease info.
> 
> BTW, this is a F21/Gnome setup (have not found the time to upgrade this 
> notebook to F22...)
> 

Also, should ask someone who actually uses GNOME.
Besides why do you refer to Fedora 22?