On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 11:02:48AM -0800, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > How do I setup my linux box to get it's lan address > from dhcp-client? I've installed dhcp-client (no > configuration requested). Looking at > /etc/init.d/network I see my static ip is defined and > used in the ifconfig line to start the network. What > do I replace these with to get the ip from > dhcp-client, and where do I specify my dhcp server ip?
the principle of dhcp is that you (the client) shouts a request on the whole network and then the dhcp daemon gives you an IP... the dhcp-client needs by default no config, though there is a config file (/etc/dhclient.conf for special things...) and will request an IP address AFTER /etc/init.d/network... but maybe you should comment al things except 'ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0' out to avoid troubles during that little time between network and dhclient script ;) Paul van Tilburg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Student @ | Using the Power of Linux... University of Technology | ICQ: 8678828 Eindhoven, The Netherlands | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
