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<?dbhtml filename="dhcp.html" dir="connect"?>
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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 which is 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>We currently provide 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>. We
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begin with a page which shows how to alter the <acronym>LFS</acronym>
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boot scripts for generic <acronym>DHCP</acronym> support. We then present the
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two sets of installation instructions which also discuss
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how to create an appropriate configuration file to work with the
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<acronym>DHCP</acronym> client of your choice.</para>
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&connect-dhcp-bootscripts;
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&connect-dhcp-client;
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&dhcpcd;
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</chapter>
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