Recipe 24.4. Configuring dhcp Clients
24.4.1 Problem
You
need to know how to connect both your Linux and Windows client PCs to
your nice new dhcp server, so that they will
pick up their network assignments without your lifting a finger.
24.4.2 Solution
In Windows, open Control Panel
 Networking, then open the Properties box for
TCP/IP. Check "Obtain an IP address
automatically."
It's just as easy in Linux; the only hard part is
that every distribution puts the configuration file in a different
place. In Red Hat and Fedora, edit
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 as
follows:
TYPE=Ethernet
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
DHCP_HOSTNAME=stinkpad
On Debian, edit /etc/network/interfaces as
follows:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
24.4.3 Discussion
You may wish to use a graphical configuration tool. On Red Hat and
Fedora, use
system-config-network. KDE and Gnome
have their own GUI configuration tools (as does practically every
Linux distribution), so you won't be short of
choices. Another option is
netGo,
a system-independent network configuration utility that lets you
create profiles for easily connecting to different networks
24.4.4 See Also
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