Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 03:11:39PM +1100, hce <webmail.hce@gmail.com> was heard to say:
> On 3/3/08, Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org> wrote:
> > There are a number of different dhcp clients in Debian; dhclient3,
> > dhclient, and pump are three that come to mind immediately.
> > Theoretically, all of them should always work, but I've sometimes seen
> > cases where one or another would fail in a particular network.
>
> I believe that the dhclient3 on my machine cuased the problem. I need
> to change it to dhclient.
>
> > ifupdown will pick a DHCP client using a built-in order of preference
> > (see interfaces(5)). You can override this by adding a "client" line to
> > the interface configuration: for instance, it sounds like "client dhclient"
> > might help your situation.
>
> Which file in Debian I should change for the reference? I checked
> /etc/network/interfaces it has only following lines:
>
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> Where should I add client dhclient?
Add "client dhclient" right below "iface eth0 inet dhcp".
Daniel
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