Dhcp

BriceM · 08-19-2003, 02:00 AM

what is dhcp ? and when i start linux it says dhcp-340-654 isnt configured and may prevent gnome from working right , and add it to /etc/hosts ... whats this mean ? and it conflicts my install of winex 3.1

andrewlkho · 08-19-2003, 04:24 AM

DHCP is Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It basically allows you to connect to a DHCP server [similar to BOOTP], and tell it to configure your network settings, including gateway, ip address, dns address etc.
The DHCP package basically includes a client [and sometimes a server] for DHCP - do you need it? It shouldn't prevent Gnome from working okay though. Oh, and /etc/hosts is where the mapping of hosts > ip addresses is, if you want to use names without a dns server

BriceM · 08-19-2003, 01:41 PM

some reason its conflicting with wine ... when i try to install winex i get where do you want c , /c , than it says installing registry entries , but than it fails and gives me wine: chdir to /root/.wine/winserver-dhcp-340-654 : No such file or directory Registry install failed

BriceM · 08-19-2003, 08:05 PM

anyone ????