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Chapter 4 - Layer 3 Command Set - IP Networking DHCP Client. dhcpc Command
Alvarion BreezeNET B130/B300 GigE 233 Operational User Manual
-t (on|off) - This option turns on/off sending debug information to the system
log. The option is not attached to any specific interface.
4.18.3 Commands
start - starts DHCP client on a specified interface
stop - stops DHCP client on a specified interface
delete - stops DHCP client on a specified interface and clears all the options.
dump - shows current status of DHCP client.
4.18.4 Examples
dhcpc -a 5
dhcpc -l $DHCP_SERVERS eth0 start
dhcpc -a none -k key:qwerty rf5.0 start
This configuration sets the number for ARP requests of 5. For eth0 interface the
list of allowed DHCP servers is specified in DHCP_SERVERS ACL. The client is
started for eth0 interface. For rf5.0 interface none option is set for the number of
ARP requests. Thus, rf5.0 will send 16 ARP requests. Also, DHCP client on rf5.0
interface will use "qwerty" as authorization key.
dhcpc dump
The command prints current status of DHCP client.
ID I-face IP address/mask Gateway address Server ID
Lease exp.
== ======== ================== =============== ===
0 eth0 192.168.61.29/26 192.168.61.1 192.168.61.1
000:35:16
1 rf5.0 ------------------ ---------------
Here, clients are started on eth0 and rf5.0 interfaces.
For eth0 interface DHCP client obtained a lease for 192.168.61.26 IP-address with
26 bits network mask length from 192.168.61.1 DHCP server. The lease expires in
35 minutes and 16 seconds.