[arachne] Re: dhcp with arachne

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DHCP is an extension of BOOTP and usually compatible
with it. The main difference I'm aware of, is that for
DHCP, IP addresses are "leased" to a client for a period,
typically 3 days, but can be anything, whereas BOOTP
allocates IP addresses for an indefinite period. DHCP
clients know the period of their IP address "lease" and
request a renewal of their "lease" from the DHCP server
before this expires. BOOTP clients know nothing of this,
so will likely fail after the "lease" period has expired,
particularly if the client's (former) IP address has been
re-allocated to a different client.

You do not need to configure IP addresses manually if
using DHCP or BOOTP, this is done automatically.

You can probably avoid the DHCP "lease expiry" problem
with a BOOTP client by shutting down the connection
(your ethercard driver) before the "lease" period expires
and re-starting the client.

Joe.

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> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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>  Am to setup cable modem with Arachne.  Provider uses dhcp.  
> Is this the
> same as bootp?  If so can following be used in arachne.cfg?
> 
> Connection READY
> IP_Address BOOTP 
> 
> Once ethercard driver is loaded, would anything else be required?
> LD has written a router is necessary but if tpcip values can 
> be obtained
> from other OS or computer is that still true?
> 
>   Cal
> 
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