IP address renewal

  1. Find the interface (e.g. eth0, eth1, enp1s0, sit0, wlan0, ...):
    $ ip addr
  2. Release its IP:
    $ dhclient -r <interface>
  3. Request new IP from DHCP server (alert on error):
    $ dhclient -1 <interface>
  4. Check its new IP:
    $ ip addr

SEE: Serverfault.com

NOTE: Confirmed on: Debian 9.3 (Stretch) and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS!