dhcp on @home (was Re: [wplug] mini-computers available cheap ($15?))

Robert Dale rdale at wplug.org
Fri Dec 15 16:59:25 EST 2000


On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, David Tessitor wrote:

> I put OpenBSD on one via an ftp install.  Downloading from PennState  took 7
> minutes, 47 seconds over home cable.  (For some reason, OpenBSD has no trouble
> automatically dhcping @home but I still haven't gotten any Linux on any
> machine to do it automatically yet, though I can do it in Linux OK using a
> term window.)

If you're using Redhat, you can edit the config for your ethernet device
in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth?

Simply, set BOOTPROTO=dhcp and remove all other lines with IPs in them.

It uses pump instead of dhcpcd.

-- 
Robert Dale

		Vive le wplug!






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