I think (I have yet to acid test it) that the dhcpcd has done the trick. I just need to check the route (defalt gateway) which wasn't added when I started the thing. Thanks for the help.
-Dano > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Brown [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 2:09 PM > To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' > Subject: Re: Client side DHCP > > On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 10:25:54AM -0400, Dan Willard wrote: > > > I need to set up a box to get a dynamic ip from a NT server over the > lan. > > Everything that I've managed to find on dynamic ip is for ppp, will the > same > > methods work for ethernet? Or is there some other obscure little way > that I > > haven't found yet? Thanks. > > Either of dhcpcd or dhcp-client-beta should do the job for you. > > -- > Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) > http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ > EUFS http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null