glfs/connect/dhcp/dhcp.xml
Tushar Teredesai b5ea349276 The march to lfs-bootscripts begins
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<chapter id="connect-dhcp">
<?dbhtml filename="dhcp.html" dir="connect"?>
<title><acronym>DHCP</acronym> Clients</title>
<para><acronym>DHCP</acronym> stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
It is a protocol which is used by many sites to automatically provide
information such as <acronym>IP</acronym> addresses, subnet masks and routing
information to computers. If your network uses <acronym>DHCP</acronym>, you
will need a <acronym>DHCP</acronym> client in order to connect to it.
<acronym>DHCP</acronym> is also used by some cable modems.</para>
<para>We currently provide installation instructions for two
<acronym>DHCP</acronym> clients, <command>dhclient</command> (from the
<application>dhcp</application> package) and <command>dhcpcd</command>.
We present both sets of installation instructions which also discuss how
to create an appropriate service script to work with the
<command>network</command> bootscript and the <acronym>DHCP</acronym>
client of your choice.</para>
&connect-dhcp-client;
&dhcpcd;
</chapter>