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| 9 | <sections> |
9 | <sections> |
| 10 | |
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| 11 | <abstract> |
11 | <abstract> |
| 12 | Gentoo provides you flexible networking - here you are told about choosing |
12 | Gentoo provides you flexible networking - here you are told about choosing |
| 13 | different DHCP clients, setting up bonding, bridging, VLANs and more. |
13 | different DHCP clients, setting up bonding, bridging, VLANs and more. |
| 14 | </abstract> |
14 | </abstract> |
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| 16 | <version>8.3</version> |
16 | <version>8.4</version> |
| 17 | <date>2007-11-02</date> |
17 | <date>2009-02-12</date> |
| 18 | |
18 | |
| 19 | <section> |
19 | <section> |
| 20 | <title>Network Modules</title> |
20 | <title>Network Modules</title> |
| 21 | <body> |
21 | <body> |
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| 42 | <pre caption="Module preference"> |
42 | <pre caption="Module preference"> |
| 43 | <comment># Prefer iproute2 over ifconfig</comment> |
43 | <comment># Prefer iproute2 over ifconfig</comment> |
| 44 | modules=( "iproute2" ) |
44 | modules=( "iproute2" ) |
| 45 | |
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| 46 | <comment># You can also specify other modules for an interface |
46 | <comment># You can also specify other modules for an interface |
| 47 | # In this case we prefer udhcpc over dhcpcd</comment> |
47 | # In this case we prefer pump over dhcpcd</comment> |
| 48 | modules_eth0=( "udhcpc" ) |
48 | modules_eth0=( "pump" ) |
| 49 | |
49 | |
| 50 | <comment># You can also specify which modules not to use - for example you may be |
50 | <comment># You can also specify which modules not to use - for example you may be |
| 51 | # using a supplicant or linux-wlan-ng to control wireless configuration but |
51 | # using a supplicant or linux-wlan-ng to control wireless configuration but |
| 52 | # you still want to configure network settings per ESSID associated with.</comment> |
52 | # you still want to configure network settings per ESSID associated with.</comment> |
| 53 | modules=( "!iwconfig" ) |
53 | modules=( "!iwconfig" ) |
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| 106 | other things like wireless, PPP or other things if required before you can use |
106 | other things like wireless, PPP or other things if required before you can use |
| 107 | DHCP. |
107 | DHCP. |
| 108 | </p> |
108 | </p> |
| 109 | |
109 | |
| 110 | <p> |
110 | <p> |
| 111 | DHCP can be provided by <c>dhclient</c>, <c>dhcpcd</c>, <c>pump</c> or |
111 | DHCP can be provided by <c>dhclient</c>, <c>dhcpcd</c>, or <c>pump</c>. Each |
| 112 | <c>udhcpc</c>. Each DHCP module has its pros and cons - here's a quick run down. |
112 | DHCP module has its pros and cons - here's a quick run down. |
| 113 | </p> |
113 | </p> |
| 114 | |
114 | |
| 115 | <table> |
115 | <table> |
| 116 | <tr> |
116 | <tr> |
| 117 | <th>DHCP Module</th> |
117 | <th>DHCP Module</th> |
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| 149 | <ti> |
149 | <ti> |
| 150 | No longer maintained upstream, unreliable, especially over modems, cannot |
150 | No longer maintained upstream, unreliable, especially over modems, cannot |
| 151 | get NIS servers from DHCP |
151 | get NIS servers from DHCP |
| 152 | </ti> |
152 | </ti> |
| 153 | </tr> |
153 | </tr> |
| 154 | <tr> |
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| 155 | <ti><c>udhcpc</c></ti> |
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| 156 | <ti><c>net-misc/udhcp</c></ti> |
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| 157 | <ti> |
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| 158 | Lightweight - smallest DHCP client around, made for embedded systems |
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| 159 | </ti> |
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| 160 | <ti> |
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| 161 | Unproven - no distro uses it by default, cannot define a timeout beyond 3 |
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| 162 | seconds |
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| 163 | </ti> |
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| 164 | </tr> |
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| 165 | </table> |
154 | </table> |
| 166 | |
155 | |
| 167 | <p> |
156 | <p> |
| 168 | If you have more than one DHCP client installed, you need to specify which one |
157 | If you have more than one DHCP client installed, you need to specify which one |
| 169 | to use - otherwise we default to <c>dhcpcd</c> if available. |
158 | to use - otherwise we default to <c>dhcpcd</c> if available. |
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| 195 | dhcpcd_eth0="-t 10" <comment># Timeout after 10 seconds</comment> |
184 | dhcpcd_eth0="-t 10" <comment># Timeout after 10 seconds</comment> |
| 196 | dhcp_eth0="release nodns nontp nonis" <comment># Only get an address</comment> |
185 | dhcp_eth0="release nodns nontp nonis" <comment># Only get an address</comment> |
| 197 | </pre> |
186 | </pre> |
| 198 | |
187 | |
| 199 | <note> |
188 | <note> |
| 200 | <c>dhcpcd</c>, <c>udhcpc</c> and <c>pump</c> send the current hostname to the |
189 | <c>dhcpcd</c> and <c>pump</c> send the current hostname to the |
| 201 | DHCP server by default so you don't need to specify this anymore. |
190 | DHCP server by default so you don't need to specify this anymore. |
| 202 | </note> |
191 | </note> |
| 203 | |
192 | |
| 204 | </body> |
193 | </body> |
| 205 | </section> |
194 | </section> |
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