dhcpcd

[Joel Hammer]

Or, dhcpcd -k eth1

The command I use is:
dhcpcd -d -h hostname eth1

This seems to configure the NIC fine. I am not sure what happens with
/etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts. Mine don't change although additional
resolv.confs and hosts files are created, so, there may be an option
to automatically replace the existing files with the new ones. I also have to
run a route command to get things to work.

Some servers require a host name. (-h). Comcast used to, but now it doesn't. Of
course, they make these changes without any notification of their users.

Someone pointed me towards a mini howto on dhcpcd. I haven't read it yet but
here it is.

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/DHCP/index.html

Joel



> 
> how do you release your IP? is it as simple as dhcpcd -k?
> 
> I am planning to swtich from adsl to cable (for cheaper but less stable 
> line) so I might need to deal with dhcpcd rather than rp-pppoe soon.
> 
> any other useful tips for dhcpcd users? maybe I write one should I 
> really change over.
> 
> Joel Hammer wrote:
> > I don't think so.  However, I could write a stepbystep for dhcpcd, although,
> > not a very good one right now. The problem is that I am not like most
> 
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