[Gllug] dhcpcd / dhclient

Richard Jones rich at annexia.org
Sun Sep 12 10:22:44 UTC 2004


On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 10:55:00AM +0100, SteveC wrote:
> * Richard Jones (rich at annexia.org) wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 10:24:08AM +0100, SteveC wrote:
> > > hello all,
> > > 
> > > Whats the difference between dhclient and dhcpcd, and why does one work
> > > and not the other depending on what network I'm on?
> > 
> > dhcpd is a DHCP server, listening out for broadcast requests from
> > clients and allocating addresses.  dhclient is the client, responsible
> > for configuring the network interface with an IP address handed out by
> > a server.
> 
> I said dhcpCd <- extra c! :-)

/me needs more tea.

Rich.

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