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dhcpclient(1M)
NAME
dhcpclient - Client for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server
SYNOPSIS
dhcpclient
[
-G
] [
[
] [
server_ipaddress] [
-p
-s
dhcpclient -d
interface [
dhcpclient
[
-N
hostname] [
[
log_type ] [
-t
-z
dhcpclient
[
-f
tracefile] [
dhcpclient -v
DESCRIPTION
is used to obtain the configuration parameters from the Dynamic Host Configuration Proto-
dhcpclient
col (
) server (bootpd(1M)) to configure the host. Currently,
DHCP
and 100bt (100BaseT)
Ethernet
dhcpclient
is invoked by the
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf
using the
dhcpclient
value in the
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf
prompt, when the interface is not configured.
Once the
dhcpclient
configuration file named
time, lease time.
The configuration information in
<
> <
code
length
00
<length> IFname
01
<length> hostname
02
<length> sname
03
<length> bootfile
04
<length> NIS_domain
05
<length> domain_name
06
<length> lease_duration
07
<length> lease_expiration
08
<length> T1
09
<length> T2
10
<length> htype
11
<length> chaddr
12
<length> IP_addr
13
<length> subnet_mask
14
<length> broadcast_addr
15
<length> default_gateway
16
<length> server_addr
17
<length> boot_server
18
<length> dest_gateway
19
<length> DNS_server
20
<length> LPR_server
21
<length> swap_server
22
<length> NIS_server
23
<length> NTP_server
24
<length> raw_options
The length field denotes the length of the data field following it.
All these lines collectively indicate one record. The configuration file will have series of records.
Since this file contains all the configuration information, it can be used to identify the server from which
the configuration parameters were obtained. The configuration file can also be used to obtain the same
configuration parameters from the server. So, once the
HP-UX 11i Version 2: December 2007 Update
-N
hostname]
-b
interface [
log_type ] [
-t
-x
-s
server_ipaddress]
-f
tracefile] [
-l
time_to_wait ]
-l
debug_level] [
-p
networks only. It does not support
auto_parms
file is used for the configuration of the interfaces. To invoke
script, set the
auto_parms
file.
obtains the configuration parameters from the server, it is stored in a
/etc/dhcpclient.data
/etc/dhcpclient.data
> <
>
data
− 1 −
-f
tracefile] [
-g
class-id] [
send_attempts] [
time_to_wait ]
-z
debug_level]
-m
interface [
]
-r
interface [
-s
server_ipaddress] [
dhcpclient
FDDI
and
script (see auto_parms(1M)) at boot up.
index
DHCP_ENABLE[
dhcpclient
can also be invoked at the command
. The configuration parameters are valid for a fixed
file will be of the following format.
is invoked, it will try to read the
dhcpclient
Hewlett-Packard Company
dhcpclient(1M)
-l
debug_level] [
-n
]
-p
] [
-s
server_ipaddress]
-t
log_type ]
supports 10bt (10BaseT)
Token-Ring
networks.
The
variable to a non-zero
]
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