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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > What does dhcp do and does BL3 or BL2 have it?
>
> It does the ifconfig for you.  Instead of specifying
> an address (via ifconfig), dhcp contacts the dhcp
> server, gets the address and ifconfigs it.

I just typed dhcp and got something about a default.script, no such file -
presumably I need to edit the script somehow.
Then:
Sending discover.....
Sending discover.....
Sending discover.....

No man page in BL2 for dhcp.
dhcp --help
Usage: udhcpc

Which udhcpc - not found

I will go read more about this.

> Yes, both BL2 and BL3 have dhcp clients.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
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