dhcp server

Setting Up a CentOS / Red Hat Linux DHCP Client

by on March 15, 2008 · 5 comments

Q. How do I setup my Red Hat / CentOS / Fedora Linux system to get IP address and other information via a DHCP server for eth0 interface?

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Linux Force DHCP client (dhclient) to renew ip address

by on November 15, 2007 · 31 comments

Q. I’m using Ubuntu Linux. How to force Linux to reacquire a new IP address from the DHCP server? What is the command in Linux equivalent to Windows’ “ipconfig /renew” Command? A. You need to use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client i.e. dhclient command. The client normally doesn’t release the current lease as it is [...]

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