Why do I have to reboot my device to change the IP address?

So I was able to a write code that gets my IP address from a file and changes it on initialization.

// Get and Update properties from those in the file on the SD
sd.GetAddressesFromFile();
var interf = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()[0];
interf.EnableStaticIP(sd.IP, sd.SubnetMask, sd.DefaultGateway);
//Debug print our IP address
Debug.Print(Microsoft.SPOT.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()[0].IPAddress);

And that works great. However when I send a request from my browser to update the IP address, the only way I can get it to actually change is doing a PowerState.RebootDevice();

 

I was just wondering what dependencies are in the RebootDevice method that cause the IP address to reset. I tried playing around with the ReleaseDhcpLease() and RenewDhcpLease() but they didn't really do anything for me. Here is my code that changes the IP address after I get it from the browser:

        private void UpdateAddressesRequest() {
            // If no values were actually updated, we don't need to run this method.
            if (sd.ChangeFlag == false)
                return;

            var interf = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()[0];            
            interf.EnableStaticIP(sd.IP, sd.SubnetMask, sd.DefaultGateway);
            interf.EnableStaticDns(new string[] { "172.16.1.1", "172.16.1.2" });

            sd.ChangeFlag = false;
            PowerState.RebootDevice(soft: false);
        }

Hey cSharper,

There are some limitations in NETMF and/or the lwIP integration regarding change of IP.

With Netduino.IP, we'll be able to get overcome some of those. We're currently working on a way to change IP settings on the fly. It's not ready to go today--but we should be able to include it in a firmware update later this year. Then you'll get the benefit of a managed code network stack and the ability to change IP settings on the fly

Chris

Chris,

 

Thank you for your reply, and I am looking forward to those updates in the near future!