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Woozle: /* Navigation */ crosslink to dhcpcd

2007-02-14T19:14:23Z

Navigation: crosslink to dhcpcd

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	==Navigation==		==Navigation==
	[[computing]]: [[software]]: [[operating systems]]: [[Linux]]: [[dhclient]]		[[computing]]: [[software]]: [[operating systems]]: [[Linux]]: [[dhclient]]

			'''Note''': This page needs to be merged with {{linuxcmd\|dhcpcd}}, as they both refer to the same command.

	==Overview==		==Overview==
	[[dhclient]], known on some systems as dhcpcd, is a both an interactive command and a [[daemon (software)\|daemon]] for managing a client connection to a [[DHCP]] server.		[[dhclient]], known on some systems as dhcpcd, is a both an interactive command and a [[daemon (software)\|daemon]] for managing a client connection to a [[DHCP]] server.

Woozle: /* Overview */ overwrites resolv.conf

2006-12-21T15:17:08Z

Overview: overwrites resolv.conf

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	DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1		DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1
	...or it does not, in which case it tries for a little while longer and then takes some default action which may be distro-dependent. The network card being configured may or may not still have access to the network if the request fails, depending on what the default action is and how appropriate it is to the existing situation.		...or it does not, in which case it tries for a little while longer and then takes some default action which may be distro-dependent. The network card being configured may or may not still have access to the network if the request fails, depending on what the default action is and how appropriate it is to the existing situation.

			[[dhclient]] also overwrites the [[resolv.conf]] file, so if you have alternate DNS servers listed in that file, they will get clobbered if you accidentally run dhclient.
	===Options===		===Options===
	The default broadcast address of 255.255.255.255 can be overridden by the -s option to request DHCP service only from a particular DHCP server:		The default broadcast address of 255.255.255.255 can be overridden by the -s option to request DHCP service only from a particular DHCP server:

Woozle at 13:55, 21 December 2006

2006-12-21T13:55:46Z

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==Navigation==
[[computing]]: [[software]]: [[operating systems]]: [[Linux]]: [[dhclient]]
==Overview==
[[dhclient]], known on some systems as dhcpcd, is a both an interactive command and a [[daemon (software)|daemon]] for managing a client connection to a [[DHCP]] server.

The normal network restart process (invoked either at boot time or manually by "/etc/init.d/networking restart" or similar) automatically runs dhclient for every interface which has the "dhcp" attribute specified in the [[/etc/network/interfaces]] file.
===Normal Behavior===
The standard process, as with most DHCP clients, is for dhclient to send a broadcast request for DHCP service on port 67, corresponding to this message printed by dhclient:
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67

At some point, dhclient either receives the proper acknowledgment:
DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1
...or it does not, in which case it tries for a little while longer and then takes some default action which may be distro-dependent. The network card being configured may or may not still have access to the network if the request fails, depending on what the default action is and how appropriate it is to the existing situation.
===Options===
The default broadcast address of 255.255.255.255 can be overridden by the -s option to request DHCP service only from a particular DHCP server:
dhclient -s <u>server</u> <u>eth0</u>
Where:
* '''server''' is the network name (domain name, [[WINS]] name, or whatever will resolve correctly) or IP address of the desired DHCP server
* '''eth0''' is the name of the network interface to configure via DHCP. "eth0" is the most common, but this can be "eth1", "wlan0", etc. ''(Need instructions on how to determine what network interfaces are actually available.)''
====Notes====
In situations where the network has multiple DHCP servers (not generally a good idea, but may be temporarily necessary when both network debugging and network usage are needed simultaneously), it's not clear if this command should be expected to work. I have had no luck with it; dhclient prints the following:
root@gonzo:/home/woozle# dhclient -s rizzo eth0
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 22362
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/eth0/00:e0:18:ab:f4:8c
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:e0:18:ab:f4:8c
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.0.139 port 67
send_packet: Network is unreachable
send_packet: please consult README file regarding broadcast address.
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 192.168.0.139 port 67
send_packet: Network is unreachable
send_packet: please consult README file regarding broadcast address.

Note the "Network is unreachable". No clue where that "README" file might be, either.