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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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[f45b1953] | 8 | <sect1 id="connect-dhcp-client">
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[a0f03b0] | 9 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 10 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 11 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 12 | </sect1info>
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[00bb024c] | 13 | <?dbhtml filename="dhcpclient.html"?>
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[f07203c5] | 14 | <title>DHCP-&dhcp-version;</title>
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[f45b1953] | 15 |
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[f07203c5] | 16 | <para>The <application><acronym>DHCP</acronym></application> package comes with
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[1af021dc] | 17 | both a client (<command>dhclient</command>) and a server program for
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[f07203c5] | 18 | using <acronym>DHCP</acronym>. If you want to install this package,
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[050d775d] | 19 | the instructions can be found at <xref linkend="dhcp"/>.
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| 20 | Note that if you only want to use the client, you
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| 21 | do <emphasis>not</emphasis> need to run the server and so do not need
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| 22 | the startup script and links provided for the server daemon.
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[36f9a23] | 23 | You only need to run the <acronym>DHCP</acronym> server if you're providing
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| 24 | this service to a network, and it's likely that you'll know if that's the
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[050d775d] | 25 | case; if it isn't, don't run the server! Once you have installed the
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| 26 | package, return here for information on how to configure the client
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[36f9a23] | 27 | (<command>dhclient</command>).</para>
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[f45b1953] | 28 |
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[1af021dc] | 29 | <para>To configure <command>dhclient</command>, you need to first install
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[b5ea3492] | 30 | the network service script,
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| 31 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network-devices/services/dhclient</filename>
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| 32 | included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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[f45b1953] | 33 |
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[b5ea3492] | 34 | <screen><userinput><command>make install-service-dhclient</command></userinput></screen>
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[050d775d] | 35 |
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[afa198d] | 36 | <para>Next, create the
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| 37 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0/dhclient</filename>
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| 38 | configuration file with the following commands. Adjust as necessary for
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| 39 | additional interfaces.</para>
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[b5ea3492] | 40 |
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[afa198d] | 41 | <screen><userinput><command>install -d /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0 &&
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| 42 | cat > /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0/dhclient << "EOF"</command>
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| 43 | ONBOOT="yes"
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| 44 | SERVICE="dhclient"
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| 45 | DHCP_START="-q <replaceable>[add additional start parameters here]</replaceable>"
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| 46 | DHCP_STOP="-q -r <replaceable>[add additional stop parameters here]</replaceable>"
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[36f9a23] | 47 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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[050d775d] | 48 |
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[a338b48] | 49 | <para>For more information on the appropriate
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[52b9837f] | 50 | <envar>DHCP_START</envar> and <envar>DHCP_STOP</envar>
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[36f9a23] | 51 | values, examine the man page for <command>dhclient</command>.</para>
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[050d775d] | 52 |
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[afa198d] | 53 | <para>Finally, you should create the
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| 54 | <filename>/etc/dhclient.conf</filename> file using the following
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| 55 | commands:</para>
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| 56 |
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[802e6fe7] | 57 | <note><para>You'll need to add a second interface definition to the file if you
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| 58 | have more than one interface.</para></note>
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[f45b1953] | 59 |
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[36f9a23] | 60 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > /etc/dhclient.conf << "EOF"</command>
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[f45b1953] | 61 | # dhclient.conf
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| 62 |
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| 63 | interface "eth0"{
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| 64 | prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;
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| 65 | request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
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| 66 | domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name;
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| 67 | require subnet-mask, domain-name-servers;
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| 68 | }
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| 69 | # end dhclient.conf
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[36f9a23] | 70 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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[f45b1953] | 71 |
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| 72 | </sect1>
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