[Gllug] dhcpcd / dhclient

[SteveC]

* 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! :-)



have fun,

SteveC steve at fractalus.com http://www.fractalus.com/steve/
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