$ sudo dhclient -r //release ip 释放IP
$ sudo dhclient //获取IP
Now obtain fresh IP:
$ sudo dhclient
There is no need to restart network service. Above command should work with any Linux distro such as RHEL, Fedora, CentOS, Ubuntu and others. On a related note you can also try out the following commands:
# ifdown eth0
# ifup eth0
# /etc/init.d/network restart
OR
# /etc/init.d/networking restart