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Re: DHCP client for linux?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Howell)
Fri Nov 10 15:22:20 1995

From: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell)
To: geoffrey@netcraft.com.au (Geoffrey D. Bennett), linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 15:53:04 +0800 (WST)
In-Reply-To: <199511081354.AAA01303@Mich.netcraft.com.au> from "Geoffrey D. Bennett" at Nov 9, 95 00:24:10 am

Geoffrey D. Bennett writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am looking for a DHCP client for linux.  I have found a couple of
> BOOTP clients, but I want to use the dynamic IP address allocation
> features of DHCP.
> 
> So... before I start thinking about writing it myself does a DHCP
> client already exist?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any responses!

Have you looked at the DHCP patches for bootp on
nimbus.anu.edu.au:pub/samba/contrib

Andrew

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Andrew Howell				               andrew@it.com.au 
Perth, Western Australia		      howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au 

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