[WBEL-users] Dhcpcd vs. Dhclient.....FIGHT!

[Aaron Smith]

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Dhcpd is the server, dhcpCd and dhclient are the clients.  :)  Maybe
dhclient is the same thing as dhcpcd but they changed the name to end
the confusion.  :)

On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 09:22, Graham Purcocks wrote:
> Aren't these the client and server. i.e they are not the same
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> dhcpd is the server, dhclient the client, so dhclient talks to dhcpd. I=20
> don't think, but I'm no expert, that one dhcpd talks to another.
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> dhclient will talk to your cable modems, dhcp server to set up your=20
> network interfaces.
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> Graham
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> Aaron Smith wrote:
> > 	So last night I upgraded my Redhat 7.3 server at home to Whitebox 3.0.=
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> > I've had good success with such upgrades on servers here at work.=20
> > However, I'm having a devil of a time getting this sucker to get a DHCP
> > address from my cable modem.  I figure it has to be something simple
> > that I'm overlooking.  I believe RH 7.3 used dhcpcd whereas WB uses
> > dhclient.  Does anyone know of any functional differences between these
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> > I've got the same network card.
> > I've reset the cable modem.
> > I've removed all iptables firewalls (temp, just to check)
> > I've connected the cable modem to a Windows XP box and it gets an IP
> > just fine.
> >   Has anyone else run into something like this or can think of somethin=
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> > I might be overlooking?  I'm about ready to compile a copy of dhcpcd on
> > this and see if THAT works.
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