83 lines
1.8 KiB
Groff
83 lines
1.8 KiB
Groff
--- client/dhclient.8.orig Sun Nov 17 03:25:43 2002
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+++ client/dhclient.8 Wed Mar 3 02:06:52 2004
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@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
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.\"
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.\" from Id: dhclient.8,v 1.12.2.8 2004/06/10 17:59:12 dhankins Exp
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.\"
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+.\" Portions copyright (c) 2000 David E. O'Brien.
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+.\" All rights reserved.
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
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+.\"
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.TH dhclient 8
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.SH NAME
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dhclient - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
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@@ -28,12 +32,18 @@
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.I port
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]
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[
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+.B -D
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+]
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+[
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.B -d
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]
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[
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.B -q
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]
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[
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+.B -v
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+]
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+[
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.B -1
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]
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[
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@@ -64,6 +74,10 @@
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relay
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]
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[
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+.B -i
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+interval
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+]
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+[
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.B -n
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]
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[
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@@ -148,6 +162,15 @@
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configuration file or on the command line, and will ignore all other
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interfaces.
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.PP
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+The
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+.B -D
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+flag causes
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+.B dhclient
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+to save the script it creates for use in conjunction with
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+.B dhclient-script
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+in
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+.IR /tmp.
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+.PP
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If the DHCP client should listen and transmit on a port other than the
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standard (port 68), the
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.B -p
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@@ -171,6 +194,12 @@
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flag, followed by the IP address to send. This is only useful for testing,
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and should not be expected to work in any consistent or useful way.
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.PP
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+On FreeBSD, dhclient can be enabled to automatically handle the
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+link status of the network card. Normally polling is done every
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+five seconds. The polling interval can be set using the
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+.B -i
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+flag, followed by the numbers of seconds. Minimum is one second.
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+.PP
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The DHCP client will normally run in the foreground until it has
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configured an interface, and then will revert to running in the
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background. To run force dhclient to always run as a foreground
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@@ -188,6 +217,10 @@
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.B -q
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flag prevents any messages other than errors from being printed to the
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standard error descriptor.
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+.B -v
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+flag turns on all messages.
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+Opposite of
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+.B -q .
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.PP
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The client normally doesn't release the current lease as it is not
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required by the DHCP protocol. Some cable ISPs require their clients
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