Re: questions about DHCP
Salman Ahmed wrote:
> >>>>> "JBJ" == Jens B Jorgensen <jjorgens@bdsinc.com> writes:
> >> (1) What Ethernet driver should I select for this NIC ? I got the
> >> details of the HW from Windows NT which the machine already has
> >> on it. Not sure if its a PCI or ISA NIC. Has anyone heard of this
> >> NIC ?
> JBJ> Dunno. Sorry.
>
> I selected one of the Digital XXX modules (I think it was de4x5.o)
> during the install and it was detected fine.
>
> >> (2) How do I setup the system to use DHCP once the ethernet card
> >> is setup properly ? I never setup a machine to use DHCP but I am
> >> assuming that it isn't too tricky.
> JBJ> Just install the dhcpcd package and in your
> JBJ> /etc/init.d/network put in a line to start up this daemon with
> JBJ> eth0 as an argument.
> JBJ>
>
> I couldn't get DHCP to work using the dhcpd package. On our network,
> most of the DHCP clients are Win9*/NT workstations. I tried a number of
> things in the /etc/dhcpd.conf file but still couldn't get DHCP to
> work. In the end, I tried using the "dhclient" script:
>
> dhclient eth0
>
> and it worked fine. What should I be putting in the /etc/dhcpd.conf file
> ?
/etc/dhcpd.conf belongs to the dhcp package which is the dhcp *server*, not
the client. Stick with dhclient, it'll work fine for you. Now, if you're
wondering about the /etc/dhclient.conf then you don't need to worry. I just
leave mine empty since the program's defaults seem to work fine. Just do
this:
touch /etc/dhclient.conf
> Can someone please post (or email to me directly) a
> copy of their DHCP client configuration file ? Our network admins only
> know about Windows so they haven't been any help to me in terms of
> giving info about DHCP configuration. The only thing that they have told
> me is:
>
> (1) our default domain (I knew that already!)
> (2) the IP address of our DNS server (I knew that too from looking
> Windows Control Panel)
>
> I am still running slink, but will upgrade to potato soon. But I would
> like to have DHCP activated on boot time and don't like having to type
> "dhclient eth0" every time.
Type this as root:
echo '/sbin/dhclient eth0' >> /etc/init.d/network
Then it'll be started during the boot sequence at the appropriate time.
--
Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com
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