Subject: Re: dhclient on a diskless machine
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 11/28/2001 14:41:35
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> > Any suggestions on what to do, other than turn of dhclient?
>
> This would be easy if all IP adresses on an interface were equivalent:
> throw away the old one only when the new one is installed.

Doing this sounds like the best thing to do. :-) Especially as *its going
to get the same IP it has now* !!! :-)

> Well, there is still the issue of the default route if it's different ...
> We'd also need to be able to specify multiple default route.
>
> Maybe for now a dhclient flag or config option telling it to not update the
> IP address or route would be enouth ?

Or somehow start using the lease the kernel got would be good too.

Take care,

Bill