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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
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Subject: Re: DHCP server
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:38:22 -0400, bofh42 <bofh42@charter.net> wrote:
>         Are you sure you are using the correct command to start the DHCP
>         client?
>         
>         I'm not familiar with Archlinux, but on Debian linux the command
>         you 
>         need is dhclient.

That's correcto about FreeBSD where dhclient or the respective
RC script in /etc/rc.d/dhclient is responsible for initiating
a DHCP request (by the client).

A long time ago, I had played around with TomsRTBT (a Linux
that fits on a disk - not a disc); there dhcpcd seemed to be
the correct DHCP client site program.



>  On the other hand, dhcpd starts the dhcp
>         *server*

Correct.



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