Mandrake9.1 on a dell optiplex gx150.



Network worked fine yesterday, today I'm getting dhcp requests timed out.



I jump though the hoops, set stuff manually using the last know settings - 
nothing works...



then I unplug the cable, and plug in a new cable and run it to a different 
port on my hub - I do a /etc/init.d/network stop and then a /etc/
inint.d/network start - everything comes up just fine!



So I go back to the old cable and hub port - do the stop / start and 
everything is STILL fine...



what gives?  Does the act of unplugging and plugging in a cable to the NIC 
reset something?



I hate not knowing how a problem was solved!!!

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