[Gllug] dhcpcd / dhclient

[Richard Jones]

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.

Rich.

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