On Thu 30 Jan 2003, Joakim Roubert wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Paul Slootman wrote: > > > Why did you replace pump by dhcp-client, if pump works? > > Pump only works manuallyt right now, that is, nothing is being done > automagically. > > > I have the same interfaces stanza at work, and use pump. ifup manages to > > find out that it has to use pump all on its own, AFAICT :-) > > !! > I want to have it that way too! How do your config files for this look?
In /etc/network/interfaces: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp hostname pcpaul Note that the "hostname" thing isn't even used by the DHCP server on the network, so I have no idea if it actually does anything :-) That's basically all; ifup knows about the different DHCP clients and tries them in turn until it finds one that works. I have another system (an alpha, actually) hanging off a cable internet connection, on which I have the same sort of stanza, but on that system I use dhclient (from dhcp-client). All I have there in the /etc/dhclient.conf is: interface "eth1" { send host-name "co63281-a"; } Here it _is_ needed, otherwise I don't get any IP from @Home. So, take your pick. Both should work... Paul Slootman