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I connect to internet via my dorm's ethernet and IP addresses are assigned by DHCP. I tried 

sudo dhclient -r
dhclient

but that doesn't work. are there another commands i can issue?

p.s: I don't want to get a static IP, just get a new one.

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I must ask why do you want a different address? – grawity Mar 5 '11 at 19:13
sites like rapidshare, fileserve etc. – sterz Mar 6 '11 at 4:52
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It is entirely up to the DHCP server. It probably will give you (the MAC address owner) the same address as long as the lease has not yet passed its expiration time.

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is the lease expiration time solely determined by the DHCP server? if yes, i probably have to change my MAC addr. right? – sterz Mar 5 '11 at 13:39
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Make sure your /etc/network/interfaces file has a line similar to this:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Use this command to restart networking (and request DHCP IP in the process.)

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

You can also use this command to request DHCP: Ubuntu Request DHCP

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