Michael C. Toren on Fri, 8 Jun 2001 13:24:06 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Comcast @Home in South Jersey. DHCP


> Is dhcp compilerd into your kernel or do you have dhcp as a loadable
> module?  If there is no dhcp support in the kernel you will never get
> dhcp to work.  

There is kernel support for DHCP if you're trying to create a diskless
workstation and NFS mount /, but otherwise, you don't need kernel DHCP
support.  pump and dhcp-client are userland tools that open raw network
sockets, I believe.

-mct