<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >DHCP mini-HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.57"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="x17.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2" >DHCP mini-HOWTO</A ></H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Vladimir Vuksan</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > vuksan@veus.hr<br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v4.12</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >October 22, 2000</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: vv</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN15" ></A ><P ></P ><P > This document attempts to answer basic questions on how to set up your Linux box to serve as a DHCP server or a DHCP client. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="x17.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="x17.html#AEN19" >Standard Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="x17.html#AEN24" >New Versions of this Document</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="x17.html#AEN41" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="x17.html#AEN45" >Contributors</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A HREF="x17.html#AEN64" >Copyright Information</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="x69.html" >DHCP protocol</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="x74.html" >Client Setup</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="x74.html#AEN77" >Downloading the client daemon (dhcpcd)</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="x74.html#SLACKWARE" >Slackware</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="x74.html#REDHAT6" >RedHat 6.x and Mandrake 6.x</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="x74.html#AEN166" >RedHat 5.x</A ></DT ><DT >3.5. <A HREF="x74.html#AEN183" >RedHat 4.x and Caldera OpenLinux 1.1/1.2</A ></DT ><DT >3.6. <A HREF="x74.html#DEBIAN" >Debian</A ></DT ><DT >3.7. <A HREF="x74.html#AEN230" >LinuxPPC and MkLinux</A ></DT ><DT >3.8. <A HREF="x74.html#NAMESERVER" >Tying it all together</A ></DT ><DT >3.9. <A HREF="x74.html#AEN293" >Various notes</A ></DT ><DT >3.10. <A HREF="x74.html#TROUBLESHOOTING" >Troubleshooting</A ></DT ><DT >3.11. <A HREF="x74.html#AEN355" >Alternative DHCP client (ISC dhclient)</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="x369.html" >DHCP Server Setup</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="x369.html#DHCPSERVER" >DHCP server for UNIX</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="x369.html#AEN382" >DHCP server configuration</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="x369.html#AEN403" >Options for DHCPd</A ></DT ><DT >4.4. <A HREF="x369.html#AEN422" >Starting the server</A ></DT ><DT >4.5. <A HREF="x369.html#AEN440" >Other interesting documents</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x17.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >