To communicate with a DHCP server you will need a DHCP client such as
dhcpcd or dhcp-client. As for setting up an alias IP via DHCP, I am not
sure if you can (I would tend doubt it). If I were to hazard a guess
though, dhcpcd -d eth0:1
Good luck,
Woody
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 12:10, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> I have a linux box with a fix IP within a class. Also in my
> network there are others computers (Windoze) within another class with
> their IPs set by a DHCP server.
> I'm trying to figure out how to set a IP alias to eth0 but I don't
> know which IP address to set. I mean, I know what "ifconfig eth0:1
> 'a_ip_address' up" does but I would like to get a free ip from our DHCP
> server and so set this alias.
>
> How could I do to find out a available IP from the DHCP server?
>
> Perhaps, later, I'd be able to build a script to do it
> automatically or, better, MDK can do this but I'm not knowing how to
> configure it.
>
> I would appreciate any idea here.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> -----------------------
> Alan Wilter S. da Silva
> -----------------------
> Laborat�rio de F�sica Biol�gica
> Instituto de Biof�sica Carlos Chagas Filho
> Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ
> Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
>
>
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