From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 12 20:33:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB01716A41C for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:33:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 546D743D4C for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:33:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j6CKXD7m002897; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:33:13 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id j6CKXD63002896; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:33:13 -0700 Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:33:13 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Niclas Zeising Message-ID: <20050712203312.GA29519@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <42D422DC.9040405@n00b.apagnu.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zhXaljGHf11kAtnf" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42D422DC.9040405@n00b.apagnu.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updates to networking chapter regarding new dhclient X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:33:14 -0000 --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 10:06:52PM +0200, Niclas Zeising wrote: > Hi! > I have made a patch to the documentation of dhclient in the network=20 > servers section of the handbook. The patch only mentions the new OpenBSD= =20 > dhclient instead of the "old" ISC one. The content looks fine. There are some whitespace changes that may not be correct. One difference between the two clients you might wish to mention is that the hack of using dhclient.conf media statements to find wireless networks doens't work anymore. Users should use wpa_supplicant instead (and we should document wpa_supplicant a bit). -- Brooks > The patch applies to=20 > doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml >=20 > Regards! > //Niclas Zeising > --- chapter.sgml.orig 2005-07-12 11:32:40.220724800 +0200 > +++ chapter.sgml 2005-07-12 17:16:52.517268800 +0200 > @@ -2544,24 +2544,29 @@ > =20 > DHCP, the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, describes > the means by which a system can connect to a network and obtain = the > - necessary information for communication upon that network. Free= BSD > - uses the ISC (Internet Software Consortium) DHCP implementation,= so > - all implementation-specific information here is for use with the= ISC > - distribution. > + necessary information for communication upon that network. FreeB= SD > + versions prior to 6.0 uses the ISC (Internet Software Consortium) > + DHCP client (dhclient) implementation. Later > + versions uses the OpenBSD dhclient taken from > + OpenBSD 3.7. All implementation-specific information here > + regarding dhclient is for use with both the ISC and > + the OpenBSD DHCP client. The DHCP server is the one included in the > + ISC distribution. > > =20 > > What This Section Covers > =20 > - This section describes both the client-side and > - server-side components of the ISC DHCP system. The > - client-side program, dhclient, comes > - integrated within FreeBSD, and the server-side portion is > - available from the - role=3D"package">net/isc-dhcp3-server port. The > - &man.dhclient.8;, &man.dhcp-options.5;, and > - &man.dhclient.conf.5; manual pages, in addition to the > - references below, are useful resources. > + This section describes both the client-side components of > + the ISC and OpenBSD DHCP client and the server-side components > + of the ISC DHCP system. The client-side program, dhclient > + > + , comes integrated within FreeBSD, and the server-side portion is > + available from the net/isc-dhcp3-serv= er > + > + port. The &man.dhclient.8;, &man.dhcp-options.5;, and > + &man.dhclient.conf.5; manual pages, in addition to the references > + below, are useful resources. > > =20 > > @@ -2587,7 +2592,7 @@ > > FreeBSD Integration > =20 > - FreeBSD fully integrates the ISC DHCP client, > + FreeBSD fully integrates the ISC or OpenBSD DHCP client, > dhclient. DHCP client support is provided > within both the installer and the base system, obviating the need > for detailed knowledge of network configurations on any network > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC1CkHXY6L6fI4GtQRAvcbAKCCSlZWZqtAsCVuVvMrSbYdaa8pxwCgsq70 dAqBGHGnzRUC2zxjTJfoRCk= =thTU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf--