Salman Ahmed wrote: > >>>>> "JBJ" == Jens B Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> (1) What Ethernet driver should I select for this NIC ? I got the > >> details of the HW from Windows NT which the machine already has > >> on it. Not sure if its a PCI or ISA NIC. Has anyone heard of this > >> NIC ? > JBJ> Dunno. Sorry. > > I selected one of the Digital XXX modules (I think it was de4x5.o) > during the install and it was detected fine. > > >> (2) How do I setup the system to use DHCP once the ethernet card > >> is setup properly ? I never setup a machine to use DHCP but I am > >> assuming that it isn't too tricky. > JBJ> Just install the dhcpcd package and in your > JBJ> /etc/init.d/network put in a line to start up this daemon with > JBJ> eth0 as an argument. > JBJ> > > I couldn't get DHCP to work using the dhcpd package. On our network, > most of the DHCP clients are Win9*/NT workstations. I tried a number of > things in the /etc/dhcpd.conf file but still couldn't get DHCP to > work. In the end, I tried using the "dhclient" script: > > dhclient eth0 > > and it worked fine. What should I be putting in the /etc/dhcpd.conf file > ?
/etc/dhcpd.conf belongs to the dhcp package which is the dhcp *server*, not the client. Stick with dhclient, it'll work fine for you. Now, if you're wondering about the /etc/dhclient.conf then you don't need to worry. I just leave mine empty since the program's defaults seem to work fine. Just do this: touch /etc/dhclient.conf > Can someone please post (or email to me directly) a > copy of their DHCP client configuration file ? Our network admins only > know about Windows so they haven't been any help to me in terms of > giving info about DHCP configuration. The only thing that they have told > me is: > > (1) our default domain (I knew that already!) > (2) the IP address of our DNS server (I knew that too from looking > Windows Control Panel) > > I am still running slink, but will upgrade to potato soon. But I would > like to have DHCP activated on boot time and don't like having to type > "dhclient eth0" every time. Type this as root: echo '/sbin/dhclient eth0' >> /etc/init.d/network Then it'll be started during the boot sequence at the appropriate time. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
