dhcp and firewall

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 28 May 2002, m.w.chang wrote:
>
> I noticed on the side-bar of linux-sxs, there is no entry for DHCP which
> is quite popular among cable modem users.

So use the search engine.  i see 24 hits.
  We can't have every possible topic on the
left
hand frame.

>
> BTW, is /etc/..../ifup-dhcp a standard script to be executed whenever
> the host init the eth device with dhcp protocol? where is the usual
> location of that script?

No, its not standard.  In fact, i've never heard of it before.  More
traditional is to state "BOOTPROTO=dhcp" in the interface script.

>
> I have seen questions about manually releasing and obtaining a new IP
> via ISP's DHCP. What commands should they use?

restarting the interface should work.  or something specific to the DHCP
client they're running.

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