Thanks Richard. That worked.
Here's the site that I downloaded the source
from in case people are wondering.
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/
I did have to add a link to a header file that
was missing. I did a locate and found it in
the linux source directory and made a sym link
to it from the dhcp source directory, and
everything compiled fine after that. I then
did the 'dhclient eth0' and it worked!
Now I have to work on getting my mail from
our Exchange server.
Thanks again for you help.
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Eric Grissen
work: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http: http://www.fred.net/ssugrad
Running the following versions of Linux:
@ home - Slackware, kernel version 2.0.37
@ work - Slackware, kernel version 2.2.6
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Adams [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 6:51 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: DHCP Client Software (dhcpcd)
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Has anyone used the dhcpcd software? I need to use
> > it for work since they assign the IP numbers from
> > a dhcp server.
> >
> > The reason I ask is because I start the client with
> >
> > # dhcpcd -d
> >
> > and in the log I see where it sends the DHCP_BROADCAST
> > message. I also see using ifconfig that the eth0
> > interface has been setup but contains no IP address
> > yet. Then after 2 - 3 minutes the message in the log
> > indicates that the client is stopping because of a
> > time out since no server responded. I don't know if
> > this would cause any problems but our NETMASK at
> > work is 255.255.252.0.
> >
> > Is there a way to tell dhcpcd the address of the
> > dhcp server? Because I know what that IP address is.
> >
> > I have read the section on the dhcpcd client in the
> > mini-HOWTO and still have no clue as what to do.
> >
> > Using Slackware 4.0, kernel 2.2.6, and dhcpcd v1.3.
> >
>
> Well i just started using dhcp, i had much the same problems as you seem
> to
> be having, all you need to do is compile and install dhcp-2.0.tar.gz
> After the make install just type 'dhclient eth0' where eth0 is your
> interface of course. THATS it.
>
> Just one small problem i forgot where i downloaded the above version from,
> however a web search will lead you to it i am sure.
>
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > - Eric
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
>
> --
> Regards Richard.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
