On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 11:38, Keith Winston wrote: > On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 05:53:25PM +0200, Paul Huygen wrote: > > 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? > > > > The "Linux networking overview Howto" refers to a "DHCP mini HOWTO", > > and the latter suggest Debian users to install a deb package called > > "dhcpcd". However, this package is not available in testing. > [snip] > > Yes, dhcpcd is the program you want. There are at least two popular > DHCP clients, dhcpcd and pump. I've used both and both have worked > well for me. You should be able to install the dhcpcd package from > stable. > > I am new to Debian, so I can't tell you which files/scripts you need to > modify. My woody CDs won't arrive until later this week :)
Easy way to do it is to put in your /etc/network/interfaces a couple of lines like auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp then run /etc/init.d/networking restart "man interfaces" will give you all the pertinent info on this file, too -Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
