Re: [gentoo-user] Asking dhcp for a static address

2006-01-08 Thread Matthew Cline
On 1/6/06, Sergio Polini [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't understand how to ask dhcp for a static address. I've read /etc/conf.d/net.example, but using Any hints? I know that you can do this with udhcpc using the -r option: -r ADDRESS, --request=ADDRESS Request IP address

Re: [gentoo-user] Asking dhcp for a static address

2006-01-06 Thread Steven Susbauer
A static IP address is something you have to configure on the DHCP server, on the computer it just asks the server What IP address am I supposed to have?. If you're set up with a static IP, it compares your mac address to a list and gives you the one you've assigned to it. The client side

Re: [gentoo-user] Asking dhcp for a static address

2006-01-06 Thread Peter Volkov (pva)
On Птн, 2006-01-06 at 08:53 +0100, Sergio Polini wrote: I can't understand how to ask dhcp for a static address. I've read /etc/conf.d/net.example, but using config_eth0=( IPaddress netmask netmask brd broadcast) in /etc/conf.d/net configures my network interface _instead of_ asking

[gentoo-user] Asking dhcp for a static address

2006-01-05 Thread Sergio Polini
I can't understand how to ask dhcp for a static address. I've read /etc/conf.d/net.example, but using config_eth0=( IPaddress netmask netmask brd broadcast) in /etc/conf.d/net configures my network interface _instead of_ asking dhcp (the files in /var/lib/dhcpc are not updated). If I use