[ale] dhclient

[Chris Fowler]

I can try that.  This is for a Thin Client.  Small is better.  I'll test dhclient and see if it works.  But here is how I'm doing it:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
/bin/dhclient


It works fine


Thanks,
Chris




-----Original Message-----
From: Michael H. Warfield [mailto:mhw at wittsend.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 5:27 PM
To: Chris Fowler
Cc: 'Michael H. Warfield'
Subject: Re: [ale] dhclient



On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 05:25:17PM -0500, Chris Fowler wrote:
> I'm using kernel 2.2.18 and dhcp-2.0


        Have you tried dhcpcd?  I'm running dhcpcd 1.3.18 on a 2.2.18
kernel talking to an AT&T broadband service and it's working like a charm.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael H. Warfield [mailto:mhw at wittsend.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 5:20 PM
> To: Chris Fowler
> Cc: 'ale at ale.org'
> Subject: Re: [ale] dhclient
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 05:20:49PM -0500, Chris Fowler wrote:
> > It seems like I must assign some arbitrary IP address to eth0 before I can
> > use dhclient.  Does that sound normal?
> 
>       No.  Not at all.  But I prefer dhcpcd and haven't been using
> dhcpclient.  I'm also not aware of pump requiring this either.
> 
> Â Â Â Â Â  Seems like I do recall some old problem with a change in the
> way certain kernels handled broadcasts and assigning a NULL address
> to an interface.  What kernel version are you running and what version
> of dhcpclient (I'm assuming that's the one that comes with the ISC
> dhcp package).
> 
> > Chris
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Fowler [mailto:ChrisF at computone.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 4:45 PM
> > To: 'ale at ale.org'
> > Subject: [ale] dhclient
> 
> 
> > I'm using dhclient on boot up on a small device to obtain network
> settings.
> > Dhclient works on my development system but states that no broadcast
> devices
> > are available.  What do I need to do to provide a broadcast device?
> > Thanks, 
> > Chris 
> 
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