Re: Conv. from STATIC to DHCP
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On Monday 30 September 2002 01:02 am, Emil Hägerlund wrote:
> Hi,
>
> during install I shose not to go for DHCP.
> What changes do I need to do now that I want to
> switch back to DHCP instead?
>
> How should folowing look like:
> /etc/network/interfaces
> /etc/resolv.conf
> ...
>
> Can I activate that particular set of install
> questions again?
>
> I have read the howtos I could find but is it just
> enough to apt-get the 'dhcpcd' package?
>
> Yours
> Emil
Greetings Emil:
I did the same thing locally. During install, I setup the eth0 as static and
proceeded with the install. Next, I changed my /etc/network/interfaces
to look like this:
# interfaces file
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian
#installation
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
#end of interfaces file
This *should* have caused the computer to get a new IP at boot time, but it
didn't. I don't know which client is installed at install time, but the box
would only gain an IP if I manually invoked it. Finally, I manually purged
all dhcp-clients and installed the stable pump. Once installed, it worked
perfectly at boot. My advice is to manually check to verify that pump is
already installed, if not, fetch it or install it first.
The commands to start/stop your network are:
/etc/init.d/networking {start|stop|reload|restart}
In your case, I would do: '/etc/init.d/networking stop'
Edit the interfaces file then: '/etc/init.d/networking start'
That should fetch your new IP (or old IP).
The resolve file will be updated with nameservers during the DHCP for an IP
since that is part of the DHCP protocol.
hth, gl
tatah
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