dhcp-client v pump

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

Hi

FWIW I've just re-installed woody on my 8100/80 nubus Mac with the 
2.4.19rc1 kernel.

I reported previously that when I installed potato (kernel 2.2.5 IIRC) 
the installation automatically configured my network connection from the 
dhcp server but when reinstalling/upgrading to woody 2.4.19 I had to 
manually configure the network.

It seems that dhcp-client works with 2.2.x kernels but is broken with 
2.4.x kernels - is this a bug?

However, the good news is that using the excellent dselect, I swapped 
pump for dhcp-client and it worked "out of the box" after I reset 
/etc/network/interfaces to read:

# For a dynamic setup with dhcp you need:
 iface eth0 inet dhcp
 auto eth0

Magic ;-)

Cheers



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