N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
- dhcpd - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
+ dhclient - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
d\bdh\bhc\bcl\bli\bie\ben\bnt\bt [ -\b-p\bp _\bp_\bo_\br_\bt ] [ -\b-d\bd ] [ _\bi_\bf_\b0 [ _\b._\b._\b._\bi_\bf_\bN ] ]
attached, such as the location of a default router, the
location of a name server, and so on.
- On startup, dhclient reads the _\bd_\bh_\bc_\bl_\bi_\be_\bn_\bt_\b._\bc_\bo_\bn_\bf for configu-
- ration instructions. It then gets a list of all the net-
+ On startup, dhclient reads the _\bd_\bh_\bc_\bl_\bi_\be_\bn_\bt_\b._\bc_\bo_\bn_\bf for configu
+ ration instructions. It then gets a list of all the net
work interfaces that are configured in the current system.
For each interface, it attempts to configure the interface
using the DHCP protocol.
database.
Old leases are kept around in case the DHCP server is
- unavailable when dhclient is first invoked (generally dur-
+ unavailable when dhclient is first invoked (generally dur
ing the initial system boot process). In that event, old
leases from the dhclient.leases file which have not yet
expired are tested, and if they are determined to be
The names of the network interfaces that dhclient should
attempt to configure may be specified on the command line.
If no interface names are specified on the command line
- dhclient will identify all network interfaces, elimininat-
+ dhclient will identify all network interfaces, elimininat
ing non-broadcast interfaces if possible, and attempt to
configure each interface.
Elliot Poger for use on Linux while he was working on the
MosquitoNet project at Stanford.
- The current version owes much to Elliot's Linux enhance-
+ The current version owes much to Elliot's Linux enhance
ments, but was substantially reorganized and partially
rewritten by Ted Lemon so as to use the same networking
framework that the Internet Software Consortium DHCP