Re: DHCPCD?

[Lee Bradshaw <lee@sectionIV.com>]

On Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 11:43:39PM -0500, SEGV wrote:
> If I run it manually I get this:
> 
>     # /usr/sbin/dhcpcd -d
>     ioctl SIOCSIFBRDADDR (ifConfig): Cannot assign requested address
> 
> and it does *not* configure my eth0 device. I have to manually configure it to
> get access to my network.

I'm using dhcp-client-beta, not dhcpcd. To start the client software
before configuring the ethernet device I use:

  dhclient eth0

I'm pretty sure it doesn't work without the "eth0", although once the
card is configured I can type just "dhclient" to make it run again (for
testing).

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