On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 03:11:39PM +1100, hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On 3/3/08, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are a number of different dhcp clients in Debian; dhclient3, > > dhclient, and pump are three that come to mind immediately. > > Theoretically, all of them should always work, but I've sometimes seen > > cases where one or another would fail in a particular network. > > I believe that the dhclient3 on my machine cuased the problem. I need > to change it to dhclient. > > > ifupdown will pick a DHCP client using a built-in order of preference > > (see interfaces(5)). You can override this by adding a "client" line to > > the interface configuration: for instance, it sounds like "client dhclient" > > might help your situation. > > Which file in Debian I should change for the reference? I checked > /etc/network/interfaces it has only following lines: > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > Where should I add client dhclient?
Add "client dhclient" right below "iface eth0 inet dhcp". Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
