Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 00:15:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Matt Brunell <brunell@uwplatt.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP client Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970928000911.713B-100000@cedb> In-Reply-To: <342DBD3D.313E@uwplatt.edu>
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On Sat, 27 Sep 1997, Matt Brunell wrote: > named, I get the message 'network is unreachable'. I _think_ I need a > dhcp client package or a port. I've read a bit a documentation and it > says a bit about wide and isc dhcp servers that also support client > stuff, but I'm confused about what exactly to do. I've also seen people > referring to bootp, but nobody says what bootp is exactly. Help. ISC-DHCP has a client (in the beta package) that works well with FreeBSD (the NetBSD client). It leaves a lot of temp files in /tmp (one for every lease timeout) but otherwise works fine. http://www.isc.org/ and look for DHCP What the DHCP client does is send a broadcast request to any server to learn its IP address, gateway, etc.. and then set them via ifconfig and arp Basically an advanced bootp client. It allows you to use a totally generic /etc in a LAN, or to pick up your address in things like cable inet access. Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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