Re: ISC's EoL dhcp suite, including dhcpd

On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 04:11:13 +0700
Robert Elz <[email protected]> wrote:

>     Date:        Thu, 26 Jun 2025 20:37:22 +0300
>     From:        Vadim Goncharov <[email protected]>
>     Message-ID:  <[email protected]>
> 
>   | You really need DHCP client for this, NOT server.
> 
> And what does that DCHP client communicate with?

You said you setup new machine and need network on it to e.g. install new
packages. Thus, you already have a network, in which you either already have
DHCP server on another machine (e.g. at home - at your "soapbox" Wi-Fi/router
access point with a cable to provider), or you prefer to configure network
settings manually. DHCP server is for providing network settings to other
machines, not the one which it is runnig on.

It is only if you are building your network and want to setup a router first,
then you will install DHCP server on it to give network to your other future
clients. But by itself, as a first, you either set up it manually, or both:
receive address from provider by DHCP client, but on another interface.

That was a networking 101, really.

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WBR, @nuclight