dhcpcd and dhclient question

nimnull22 · 10-02-2009, 09:32 PM

Hi.

May be someone has experience with dhcpcd and dhclient. I need them just get network details and write it to appropriate file - for example, dhcpcd-wlan0.info, but don't change any network settings. How to do this?

Thanks for suggestions.

wfh · 10-03-2009, 02:21 PM

Are you running a dhcpd daemon on your host, are is this a question of using dhclient to lease an address?

nimnull22 · 10-04-2009, 12:47 PM

Hi.

No, they do not run always. I use them ONLY then it necessary.
I start both of them from xterm, but I don't want to change any network settings, just gather network configuration.

Thanks.

wfh · 10-04-2009, 01:36 PM

What information are you looking for? If you run your own dhcpd, the network configuration is whatever you choose?!

If you're on a "foreign" network, you can possibly do something like:

ifdown eth0 && dhclient eth0 && ifconfig eth0

...to get the details of your dhcp lease.

nimnull22 · 10-04-2009, 02:41 PM

Hi,

To: wfh. Thanks for replay, but if you want to help, please read my question.
I know how dhcpcd and dhclient work. But I want them to work differently.

Thanks.