[techtalk] Debian and DHCP

[Nicole Zimmerman]

Check out /etc/network/interfaces

instead of something like

iface eth0 inet static
(blah blah blah blah)

you will need to use:

iface eth0 inet dhcp

You should be able to ifdown and ifup and get the interface running
right... I don't think you need to compile any extra support into your
kernel (or as a module) but it has been several months since I did a
recompile so I could be wrong there (but IIRC, I didn't have to recompile
to GET dhcp to work). There's nothing in my /etc/modules.conf and dmesg
has no info on dhcp.

This is all I changed for my computer at work and it worked great... got
an IP (and the right one) right away. Unfortunately at home it doesn't
work at all, so it depends on your network how well things go :o)

hth,
-nicole

At 15:47 on Jul 13, Kath combined all the right letters to say:

> How can I configure a Debian box to use DHCP to get a IP address?
> 
> I told it to use a static one when I set it up but now I need to integrate this box with the school network so I need it to use DHCP.
> 
> I tried downloading (apt-getting actually) linuxconf, but it doesn't work when I try to change it.
> 
> - Kathy
>