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RE: getting an address from DHCP without an interface



> -----Original Message-----
> From: martin f krafft [mailto:madduck@debian.org] 
> Sent: Monday, 18 November 2002 8:29 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: getting an address from DHCP without an interface
> 
> 
> also sprach Kai Großjohann <kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de> 
> [2002.11.18.1001 +0100]:
> > The normal dhcp-client package includes a script 
> /etc/dhclient-script 
> > which is invoked to do all the work.  It provides hooks.  And also, 
> > you can of course replace the file with your own.
> 
> But dhcp-client requires an interface. My interface has a 
> static IP and yet I still want to obtain a lease (for other 
> purposes). So dhclient does not work.
> 

Isn't this what reserved dynamoc addresses are for ?
Reserving an address for a specific MAC address ?



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