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[sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG>]

Add to /etc/rc

udhcpc

(You might need to specify the path such as /bin/busybox/udhcpc which is
probably not correct but I am not in BL right now).

BL3 has only that one rc file for everything and not much is 'auto'.

Make sure it works manually first by typing udhcpc after you boot. You can 
make a symlink to dhcp if you like.  Or any letter(s) of your choice 
not in use.  (I used the whole alphabet and numbers 1-25 for radio 
stations that work with mplayer, and set up my 133MHz laptop with good 
sound and physical volume control as an internet radio then the sound died).

I don't use dhcp, I just specify the IP address with ifconfig eth0 (or 
eth1....) and edit /etc/resolv.conf with the nameserver line.  It goes 
faster than asking for an address every time.  Just be sure to pick 
something that won't be assigned to another computer on the network.

On Mon, 8 Dec 2014, Prof. Mladen Pavicic wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 03:26:54AM +0000, sindi keesan wrote:
> > You said something which I interpreted as meaning your router was
> > not running a dhcp server.  If it is, just use udhcpc from busybox
> > as the dhcp client.
>
> Thanks for the udhcpc information (slackware is not very informative).
>
> But how my rc should look like. In Debian in
> /etc/network/interfaces
> I have
>
> auto eth1
>
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
>
> What should I write in rc instead?
>
> Best,
>
> Harry.