On 7/6/24 04:06, Max Nikulin wrote:
On 06/07/2024 08:16, David Christensen wrote:
The following sentence:
"Make sure to disable all DHCP services, e.g. dhcpcd."
Was added at revision 97:
From my point of view this warning makes sense. Primary it is a
troubleshooting step if an attempt to configure static has IP failed.
The assumption is that a reader is either aware what network management
tools are installed on their machine or is able to review installed
packages, active services, running processes. DHCP client activity may
appear in logs.
I think this warning is very misleading: if an interface specification
in /etc/network/interfaces uses the 'static' method, no DHCP client
for this interface will be started.
On a laptop you may have the wifi with DHCP and wired network
with a static address.
Or on a workstation you may have the office LAN interface with DHCP
and a development LAN with a static IP address.
So disabling DHCP may cause additional problems and will solve none.
Detlef
