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See introduction of DHCP_Server. See introduction of ["DHCP_Server"].

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Introduction

See introduction of ["DHCP_Server"].

Installation

There are different DHCP client packages around. The default for Debian seems to be dhcp-client. It is probably installed already, as you can check within aptitude. But to be sure you can run as root

root# aptitude install dhcp-client

Configuration

Basic configuration

For a basic configuration you have to edit the file /etc/network/interfaces, which defines the interfaces of your computer. If you want to use eth0 as the interface to be configured through DHCP during boot up, add/edit the eth0-entry

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

The different keywords have the following meaning:

auto: the interface should be configured during boot time.

inet: interface uses TCP/IP networking.

dhcp: the interface can be configured through DHCP.

That is all.

Advanced configuration

Consult the man pages of interfaces and dhclient for more advanced options.