Axel Beckert wrote on 01/24/17 13:43: > Hi, > > Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: >> Isn't the /sbin/dhcpcd symlink a must since dhcpd5 claims to provide >> dhcp-client? > > No. As far as I know there's no real common commandline interface > defined for DHCP clients: > > dhcpcd5: /sbin/dhcpcd5 > isc-dhcp-client: /sbin/dhclient > pump: /sbin/pump > udhcpc: /sbin/udhcpc > > At least wicd handles them all separately and differently. > > Probably the only thing their commandline interface has in common is > that if there's a single parameter, it should be the interface name. > > Regards, Axel >
Oh, I never realized that. Then, /sbin/ifup and /sbin/ifdown also have to deal with the different dhcp variants. That's (ifup/ifdown) what I've used so far for wireless networking, and sometimes wpagui with a small configuration file set-up by hand. Regards, Jörg-Volker.
