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Ted Lemon
2001-03-01 22:11:12 +00:00
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@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ dhclient - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
[ [
.B -c .B -c
] ]
.B -r
]
[
[ [
.B -lf .B -lf
.I lease-file .I lease-file
@@ -174,6 +177,13 @@ facility. The
flag prevents any messages other than errors from being printed to the flag prevents any messages other than errors from being printed to the
standard error descriptor. standard error descriptor.
.PP .PP
The client normally doesn't release the current lease as it is not
required by the DHCP protocol. Some cable ISPs require their clients
to notify the server if they wish to release an assigned IP address.
The
.B -r
flag explicitly releases the current lease.
.PP
The DHCP client normally gets its configuration information from The DHCP client normally gets its configuration information from
.B ETCDIR/dhclient.conf, .B ETCDIR/dhclient.conf,
its lease database from its lease database from