On Thu 30 Nov 2023 at 22:30:12 (-0500), gene heskett wrote: > On 11/30/23 22:07, John Hasler wrote: > > Gene writes: > > > let me clarify: This buster machine acting like a 3d printer does NOT > > > have dhcpcd installed. No trace of it in /etc Only dhcp. > > > > I'm sure it's running dhclient. do > > > > ls /etc/dhcp > > > > and > > > > ps ax | grep dhc > > > > You don't need to do anything on that machine. Just install a dhcp > > server somewhere on your network (on the router is conventional) and it > > will give that machine an ip number. > > At risk of repeating myself forever, I don't need an unstable address, > I don't want whatever the heck is left in the pool. Hosts files do > that, dhcp doesn't. It just hands out the next number in the pool. > hosts files are static. A forveer lease.
What happened to your intentions in: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/11/msg01083.html It's long past 20:00. Cheers, David.