Re: dhcp client

[Paul van Tilburg <paul@source.dyns.cx>]

On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 11:02:48AM -0800, Kenneth Scharf wrote:

> How do I setup my linux box to get it's lan address
> from dhcp-client?  I've installed dhcp-client (no
> configuration requested).  Looking at
> /etc/init.d/network I see my static ip is defined and
> used in the ifconfig line to start the network.  What
> do I replace these with to get the ip from
> dhcp-client, and where do I specify my dhcp server ip?

the principle of dhcp is that you (the client) shouts a request on the whole
network and then the dhcp daemon gives you an IP...

the dhcp-client needs by default no config, though there is a config file
(/etc/dhclient.conf for special things...) and will request an IP address
AFTER /etc/init.d/network... but maybe you should
comment al things except  'ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0'
out to avoid troubles during that little time between network and dhclient
script ;)

Paul van Tilburg

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