Re: [tlug] dhcp.conf

["Hector Akamine" <akamine@example.com>]

Hi,

On 12/20/06, Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 05:43:13PM +0900, Shawn wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Trying to get dhcp to work in fc6, I would need a client right?  In fc3,
> > lookup worked out of the box; but in my fc6 install I didn't have the
> > rpm installed.
>
> Unless this Fedora box is working as a DHCP server, you don't need
> dhcpd.conf.  That is a configuration file that a DHCP server uses.  It
> gives information to the machines that get their addresses from the DHCP
> server.
>
> dhclient is what we use in FreeBSD, I think it's called dhcpcd.
>
>
> I forget the name of the Fedora tool, but you can try that
> too--net-config or redhat-net-config?  Hopefully, you know it (or a
> Fedora user here can fill in that gap.)

In my FC6 box, the name of the dhcp client is also dhclient (it was
installed by default). To configure your machine to get a dhcp address
on startup you can use the GUI tool system-config-network (or modify
the configuration file  /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 by
hand)

Hope that helps,
Hector