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On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 05:54:08PM -0400, Sheldon wrote:
> 
> What's this  udchpc  ?
> 
> If it's commented out, can my old/middle-aged hardware still be able to 
> access the 
> network?

udhcpc is a networking utility that sends out a broadcast asking for an IP 
which, if given, is associated with the 
network interface by your computer. But for it to be useful, your computer 
must be hooked to a network that has a dhcp 
server, i.e., a machine that looks for broadcasts such as those put out by 
udhcpc, and responds to those broadcasts 
with an IP offer. So, if you don't have any dhcp server on your network, you 
should leave that line commented out. The 
lines that follow, that are uncommented, tell your computer to associate a 
set IP address with your network interface. 
If that's what's been working for you, you should probably leave it as is. 
But in any case, one of the two 
sections--either the udhcpc line or the ones that associate the IP with your 
network interface and tell it the address 
of the gateway--_has_ to be commented out. I don't think networking would 
work if both were uncommented.

James