Re: DHCP Question

2004-09-16 Thread Jason Rennie
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 09:07:51PM -0400, Michael Marsh wrote: > You can also apparently specify "hwaddress" in the stanzas (once you know > them), so that you can autoload the modules and have eth0 and eth1 assigned > consistently. I would guess that's the point of having hwaddress. It > would l

Re: DHCP Question

2004-09-16 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Michael Marsh_, on 09/16/04 12:42,typed: He doesn't -- note the extra "c" for the client daemon. This confused the heck out of me the first time I saw it. O yess, I see now. ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL P

Re: DHCP Question

2004-09-16 Thread Johann Koenig
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:09:17 -0400 "H. S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why does he need dhcpd? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache search dhcp client ... dhcpcd - DHCP client for automatically configuring IPv4 networking. ... -- -Johann Koenig -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: DHCP Question

2004-09-16 Thread Michael Marsh
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:09:17 -0400, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apparently, _Steven Jones_, on 09/15/04 18:03,typed: > > Pretty easy, install dhcpcd with > > apt-get update ; apt-get install dhcpcd > Why does he need dhcpd? He doesn't -- note the extra "c" for the client daemon. This confu

Re: DHCP Question

2004-09-16 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Steven Jones_, on 09/15/04 18:03,typed: from memory, cp /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/orig-interfaces Pretty easy, install dhcpcd with apt-get update ; apt-get install dhcpcd Why does he need dhcpd? ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: DHCP Question

2004-09-15 Thread Silvan
> You can also apparently specify "hwaddress" in the stanzas (once you know > them), so that you can autoload the modules and have eth0 and eth1 assigned > consistently. I would guess that's the point of having hwaddress. It > would look > something like: > > hwaddress ether 01:23:45:67:89:

Re: DHCP Question

2004-09-15 Thread Michael Marsh
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 19:13:22 -0400, Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have 2 NIC cards in my computer [...] > They both need to have entries in /etc/network/interfaces > > It might look something like this: > > # the router NIC > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > # a local NIC with a static IP > if

Re: DHCP Question

2004-09-15 Thread Silvan
> How do I install DHCP Client? What should be the content of this file? Either install dhcp-client or dhcp3-client. I don't know what the difference is in practical terms. If you have the hardware in place at install time, Sarge's installer will set up up with dhcp-client. > I have 2 NIC

RE: DHCP Question

2004-09-15 Thread Steven Jones
from memory,   cp /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/orig-interfaces   Pretty easy, install dhcpcd with   apt-get update ; apt-get install dhcpcd   Then /etc/network/interfaces needs the interface thats going to run dhcp to be setup   have these 2 lines, auto eth0iface etho inet dhc