On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 05:53:25PM +0200, Paul Huygen wrote: > I am a bit reluctant to ask this seemingly simple question, but I > could not find the answer in the docs: > > I have a computer that was connected to the Internet over ethernet with > a fixed IP address. Recently the network manager requested to change > to DHCP, and I cannot find out how I have to do that. So, can anybody > help me to tell me how to do that?
/etc/network/interfaces makes it pretty easy. With dhcp-client installed, make sure that /etc/network/interfaces contains the following two lines: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp 'ifup eth0' and 'ifdown eth0' will then bring the interface up and down respectively, and the interface will be brought up at boot-time. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]