Dear Members,

I would like to use dhcpcd instead of dhclient in my Debian installation, because I had some trouble with dhclient in the past and I assume the problem is still exists now with some equipments.

So I would like to use dhcpcd, but I couldn't find a way to tell the system to give higher priority to dhcpcd than dhclient.

Also, I've tried to remove the package 'isc-dhcp-client', but it also would like to remove the following packages: isc-dhcp-client knm-runtime network-manager network-manager-kde

Moreover, it says no need the following packages anymore: usb-modeswitch dnsmasq-base libnm-util1 usb-modeswitch-data network-manager-ppp pptp-linux network-manager-openvpn libnm-glib-vpn1 libnm-glib2 modemmanager vpnc network-manager-vpnc

I would like to still be able to use kde-network-manager, because it is much easier to manage wifi connections using this interface.

May it be possible?

Is anybody has any suggestions how to do it?

Thank you any help.

Is it dhcp3-client you are looking for?

Do you mean it is an improved version of dhclient?

What is the differences between them?

Originally, I had problem with dhclient in Mandriva, but a few days ago it took some time to be able to connect to the network in the same place with Debian, so I thought it would be better to replace dhclient with dhcpcd to prevent similar problems.

So, does anyone know the differences between isc-dhcp-client and dhcp3-client?
Which one is better?

Edit: I think they are the same...

Edit2: I've tested network connection in a place where dhclient couldn't work well before.
Sometimes it could connect to the wireless network, but sometimes it couldn't.
kde-networkmanager just gave me a message to re-enter the WPA key, but it was right.
(Anyway, I could see the wireless connection itself is in associated state, but dhclient couldn't get an IP address.)

That's why I would like to change default dhcp client to dhcpcd.
Maybe it seems I have to patch networkmanager or use wicd instead...