dhclient

[Yorvyk]

On 09/05/13 21:47, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Hi
>
> does dhcliebnt still work on Lubuntu, i seem to get the following when
> running it
>
> psutton at e-machines:~$ sudo dhclient
> [sudo] password for psutton:
>
> RTNETLINK answers: File exists
> psutton at e-machines:~$
>
> at one time it used to poll the router for each interface and come up
> with either a new ip address or nothing at all ,  no nothing happens
> apart from the above
>
> if it helps
>
> psutton at e-machines:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
> # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
>
> I am sure there is a file somewhere that specifies if ip addresses are
> static or dynamic and allows sections to be commented or the sections
> needed for static to be set manually,
>
> Using Lubntu 12.10
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul
>
Slightly different here.

steve at Ouse:~$ sudo dhclient
[sudo] password for steve:
steve at Ouse:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
#NetworkManager#auto eth0
#NetworkManager#iface eth0 inet dhcp
steve at Ouse:~$

Not sure what it all means.

I use the router to allocate certain addresses to certain machines, file 
severs mainly, the rest get what they given.


-- 
Steve