At 11:12 PM 12/14/2002 -0600, you wrote:
I know I'm coming into this thread a little late but I thought I'd throw my $.02 in anyway. I'm running 9.0 behind a Linksys router that's operating as a DHCP server and I'm not having any problems accessing the internet at all. But then, I also have dhcpcd version 1.3.22pl1-3mdk installed. The description from the rpm is as follows:This is the part where I wonder why the hell I Need a DHCP Client in the first place!??? Linux was I thought meant to be a Network aware OS from the ground up? so...... wtf? Sigh ... sorry but the cynicism is slipping out. This is still one aspect of Linux I'm not impressed with. It was made to be network aware/workable from the get go, yet we still need to install 3rd party software to get basic functionality?
"dhcpcd is an implementation of the DHCP client specified in draft-ietf-dhc-dhcp-09 (when -r option is not speci- fied) and RFC1541 (when -r option is specified). It gets the host information (IP address, netmask, broad- cast address, etc.) from a DHCP server and configures the network interface of the machine on which it is running. It also tries to renew the lease time according to RFC1541 or draft-ietf-dhc-dhcp-09. "
From that description it seems clear that I need a DHCP client if I'm expecting to receive and use a dynamic IP from a DHCP server. Personally, I think you probably would too but it's up to you. ;-)
Regards,
Carl
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