My PC boots before Router comes up. to get IP addr, I have to reboot PC again, any alternative way?

Recently I upgraded my Router firmware, since then whenever I power on
(I have one powerswitch for all computer related stuff), my PC boots
before my Router comesup(always happening, 2 minutes delay between
both). PC is not getting assigned IP addr, If I do "ifconfig down" and
"ifconfig up", nothing is happening, to get IP addr, I have to reboot
my PC again, Is there any alternate way to get IP addr for PC without
rebooting?. Thanks.

GS wrote:

> Recently I upgraded my Router firmware, since then whenever I power on
> (I have one powerswitch for all computer related stuff), my PC boots
> before my Router comesup(always happening, 2 minutes delay between
> both). PC is not getting assigned IP addr, If I do "ifconfig down" and
> "ifconfig up", nothing is happening, to get IP addr, I have to reboot
> my PC again, Is there any alternate way to get IP addr for PC without
> rebooting?. Thanks.

It might help, if you mention what distro you're running.

"GS" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

>Recently I upgraded my Router firmware, since then whenever I power on
>(I have one powerswitch for all computer related stuff), my PC boots
>before my Router comesup(always happening, 2 minutes delay between
>both). PC is not getting assigned IP addr, If I do "ifconfig down" and
>"ifconfig up", nothing is happening, to get IP addr, I have to reboot
>my PC again, Is there any alternate way to get IP addr for PC without
>rebooting?. Thanks.

(You have a dhcp router I assume. Is it wired or wireless?)

Sure, as root do
ifdown eth0
ifup eth0
(assuming your ethernet card is on eth0. Usewhatever else if it is not.)

Or
service network restart

or a number of other possibilities. Note that it is almost never necessary
to reboot to accomplish something on Linux.

Thanks.

"GS" schrieb
>
> [Re: My PC boots before Router comes up. to get IP addr,
> I have to reboot PC again, any alternative way?]
>
You might look for the script that starts your network
(somewhere in /etc/init.d probably)
and put in a
sleep 120
in the start) section so that the PC waits for the
router to come up.

HTH
Martin