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Introducing DHCP on FreeBSD

Posted by michael on from the back-to-basics dept.

BSDForums writes "On all but the smallest TCP/IP network, it's handy to configure network information for computers automatically. That's what DHCP does. It's easy to act as a DHCP client, but configuring a server is a little trickier. Dru Lavigne introduces DHCP and explains what you need to know to setup a simple DHCP server."

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  1. DHCP is just akin to laziness by DonFinch · · Score: 0, Funny

    nothing like having tons of large (comparably with other management messages) broadcast packets splattered all over the network, just to save the admin from having to keep up with a spreadsheet of IP's and which box goes with what.

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  2. WTF ? News for nerds ?! by itsme1234 · · Score: 4, Funny

    For about 8 years there was DHCP support in *doze; *BSD and linux had support since I don't remember when. What's next, TCP/IP stack for openbsd ? Support for 486's in linux kernel ? How to use more than 640k ram in MS operating systems ?