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<chapter id="connect-dhcp">
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<?dbhtml filename="dhcp.html"?>
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<title><acronym>DHCP</acronym> Clients</title>
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<para><acronym>DHCP</acronym> stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
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It is a protocol used by many sites to automatically provide
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information such as <acronym>IP</acronym> addresses, subnet masks and routing
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information to computers. If your network uses <acronym>DHCP</acronym>, you
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will need a <acronym>DHCP</acronym> client in order to connect to it.
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<acronym>DHCP</acronym> is also used by some cable modems.</para>
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<para><acronym>BLFS</acronym> currently provides installation instructions for two
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<acronym>DHCP</acronym> clients, <command>dhclient</command> (from the
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<application>dhcp</application> package) and <command>dhcpcd</command>.
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<acronym>BLFS</acronym> presents both sets of installation instructions
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and discusses how
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to create an appropriate service script to work with the
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<command>network</command> bootscript and the <acronym>DHCP</acronym>
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client of your choice.</para>
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&connect-dhcp-client;
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&dhcpcd;
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</chapter>
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