Re: dhcp setup on debian woody

[Paulo Lopes <plopes@juventude.fdti.pt>]

Ionel Mugurel Ciobica wrote:

> On 26-11-2002, at 10h 27'59", Paulo Lopes wrote to debian-laptop about "dhcp setup on debian woody"
>  
>
> > hi,
> >
> > i want to connect my laptop to a dhcp network and i've been using it 
> > with static IP. I've been reading the /etc/network/interfaces file and 
> > don't know exactly what to do for dhcp. Nevertheless i've been trying to 
> > make it work and in the howto's i've read it says that i need to install 
> > "dhcpcd", i do apt-get install dhcpcd and i get a reply that that 
> > package does not exist (at least on my distro woody/stable).
> >
> > Can someone tell me how to configure it?
> >    
>
> Try "apt-get install pump" or "apt-get install dhcp-client", 
> "apt-get install dhcpcd" should work as well. How did you installed
> you debian? From CD's? From the net? In the worse of cases go to
> www.debian.org -> Debian Packages and search for it, then after
> you downloaded you can install it with dpkg:
>
> dpkg -i dhcpcd*.deb
>  
dhcpcd does not show up on my cd installation woody 3.0r0 updated with 
security.debian.org
patches. (i don't use testing/unstable packages because last time i've 
done it, my the upgrade
to lilo made my system not to boot again. :-)

I've installed the pump package, thanks.

>  
>
> > i've a ip static network on eth1 (pcmcia and working) and need a dhcp on 
> > eth0 (internat ethernet adapter) all the modules work and were built for 
> > the 2.4.18 kernel. All i need it dhcpcd or something else that can do 
> > the same, and a sample /etc/network/interfaces, of course if there's 
> > anything else you can let me know :-)
> >
> >    
>
> In /etc/network/interfaces for a static setup you need:
> iface eth0 inet static
> address xx.xx.xx.xx
> netmask yy.yy.yy.yy
> gateway zz.zz.zz.zz
> auto eth0
>
> For a dynamic setup with dhcp you need:
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> auto eth0
>
>
> Good luck,
>        Ionel
>
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