Actually, dhcpcd is a DHCP client, dhcpd is the server.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy T. Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] nic configuration for @home (the wave)
> On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Hamada Amer wrote:
> > I'm trying to configure linux so it could use the @home service.
> > For that I need to use DHCP.
> >
> > I tried running dhcpcd eth0, but that doesn't work.
>
> That's actually the reverse of what you want (dhcpcd is a DHCP server,
> you want a DHCP client).
>
> > If could forward me a series of steps and tests to see if things are
> > configured correctly, that would be fantastic.
>
> In /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0, there should be a line
> that says:
>
> BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
>
> If you don't have one, or have one that says BOOTPROTO=<something else>,
> you need to fix that. That ought to be all you need to do to enable
> DHCP on your eth0 interface.
>
>
