DHCP - KUBUNTU 7.04`

[Jeremy Teale]

JD wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Flaschen
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 5:13 PM
> To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
> Subject: Re: DHCP - KUBUNTU 7.04`
> 
> JD wrote:
>> I must say this is pretty frustrating...
>> I set up dhcp on eth0 at work.
>> I brought my laptop home, and no matter what I do (even wiping out the
>> /etc/network/interfaces file), when I restart networking, restart kdm, or
>> even reboot, KUbuntu shows my dhcp address from WORK...
>> My only conclusion is that either whatever avahi is it's storing
> information
>> separate from networking on Linux...
> 
> Avahi is not DHCP.  You should disable that and network manager, and
> just use DHCP.
> 
> Aah - ok.  How are they disabled? In the kernel?  At boot? (I do notice
> avahi coming up during boot... I'm not sure about network manager, either.
> I can't quite see what init level that gets loaded.
> Thanks for your help, though! I really appreciate it.
> 
> 
> Matt Flaschen
> 
Leases live in /var/lib/dhcp3. You can clear them by removing them. You
will have to restart networking (dhcpdbd and NetworkManager) if you do
so. It may just be easier to reboot.

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