Re: Prepackaged kernels in Potato not configured for DHCP

[Petr Cech <cech@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 07:34:28PM -0500 , Eric Weigel wrote:
> 
> I just spent some time with working with dhcpcd and dhcp-client.
> 
> dhcp-client is way better than dhcpcd.
> 
> Why:
> 
> 1> dhcpcd and dhcp (server) do not play well together (dhcp will answer
> the dhcpcd request, so the computer assigned itself an ip address)
> 
> dhcp-client and dhcp work fine together

hmm

> 2> dhcp-client has an easier to use "hook" (execute program to do extra
> config on a new lease)  instead of editing /etc/init.d/dhcpcd, create
> /etc/dhclient-enter-hooks and/or /etc/dhclient-exit-hooks

so does dhcpcd /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-<interface>.exe

> 3> dhcp-client has a cleaner configuration (instead of editing
> /etc/init.d/dhcpcd, edit /etc/dhclient.conf)

/etc/dhcpc/config

> 4> dhcp-client can be configured with "fixed-address" leases.  So, if
> you have a computer that moves between different networks, some with
> DHCP and some without, dhcp-client can handle it.

OK. Good point.

> I have a laptop, and I can move it to any of my three networks that
> don't have DHCP, or any network that does, with no further config
> change needed.  I think this is really sweet.
> 
> dhcp-client has one downside: the kernel needs to be compiled with
> CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER, which the default Debian kernel is
> not.
> 
> Someone else has already filed a wishlist bug (53105) against the
> kernel package asking for the kernel to be compiled with these options
> on by default.
> 
> Cheers!
> Eric
> 

				Petr Cech
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