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James Miller wrote:
> 
> On a client, one could probably create a simple script 
> that would run on bootup and would ask the user to 
> choose between dhcp or static addressing.  

Or it could let you choose between different static 
addresses (for different networks).

> The dhcp choice would start the dhcp daemon, 

There is no need to run a daemon on the client.  The
server certainly needs a daemon, but the client can 
run an ordinary executable to get the needed information 
from the server.

> Having done very little script writing, I'd have to
> puzzle for a while over how to do this.  But maybe 
> others will have a ready idea of how it should look 

Perhaps something like this:
---------------------------------------------
select i in home work school; do
case $i in home) ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.3 ;;
           work) ifconfig eth0 404.97.36.9 ;;
         school) dhcp ;;
              *) echo "THAT DOES NOT COMPUTE"
esac;break;done
---------------------------------------------

Of course you could do a fancier menu (with error
trapping) using echo and read, but select works OK.

Cheers,
Steven