On Tue, 14 Nov 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks to Mr. Bao Chau Ha, I now have my /dev/eth0 being recognized, but > alas, still cannot get to my local tcp/ip network. I can ping myself, and > my loopback device, but not anything else. The problem is that our tcp/ip > system has been changed to use DHCP now, so I don't think my old static IP > addresses for myself and the gateway are valid anymore. Does anyone know > how I can set up my system to make use of DHCP? I'm not sure exactly how > it works because windoze95 tends to hide things from you -- all I do for it > is click a DHCP radio button in the tcp/ip setup; so I'm pretty ignorant on > what it's actually doing. I do know (I think) that there's a DHCP server > somewhere that dynamically assigns IP addresses to it's clients -- I'm > assuming that's the way it works anyway. Anyone have any ideas? > > Matt Hamilton Compaq Portable PC Division > 713-518-3422 Ext 8-3422 > Chasewood1 C1456 MC 560401 > Internet address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "You know, there's an awful lot of people in this world who confuse > breathing in and out with *living*" > >
DHCP is "like" bootp but it supports the concept of IP address "leases" - this means that at boot-up a DHCP client asks a DHCP server for a lease on an address which it may later release or which may expire. I'm not aware that there is a DHCP client for linux. What you need is a permanent lease from your admin, or a good ol' entry in your network's host table. For the record, the DHCP FAQ can be found at: http://web.syr.edu/~jmwobus/comfaqs/dhcp.faq.html _____________________________________________________________________ Don Gaffney Engineering, Mathematics & Business Administration Computer Facility University of Vermont 237 Votey Building Burlington, VT 05405 (802) 656-8490 Fax: (802) 656-8802
