[barjeshforyou]

Hi all,

where to locate DHCP code, which my Linux machine(red hat linux-2.4) is using?i tried to f ind it in /usr/src/linux-2.4.20.8, but no result.

[tomdkat]

You'll have to find the dhcpd (and related) sources that RedHat uses to build their distro. Gentoo might be a good starting point, since Gentoo can be built from source from the ground up. I don't know how readily available RedHat/Fedora source packages are.

Maybe see if there's a "devel" package for dhcpd and dhclient you can install to see the source but I'm just guessing.

Good luck!

Peace...

[lotuseclat79]

Hi barjeshforyou,

You may find it instructive to look at the Wikipedia webpage on DHCP here.

If you run a LAN at home with a router with several computers, or just use dialup for one computer - it is likely that your ISP assigns either your router or your single computer a dynamic IP address via the DHCP protocol - unless there is a statically assigned IP address by your ISP.

In either case, what are you trying to do - configure your NIC by running dhclient? If at installation time, you configured both the DHCP client (dhclient) and server (dhcpd) on your machine, then the file /etc/dhcpd.conf may contain some information which may be of interest to you. There also may be a dhclient.conf file with options that can be edited. Read the man pages on dhcp: man dhcp or dhclient or dhcpd for more information.

There are .rpm files on the Fedora CDROM and repositories with the source that can be downloaded from mirror FTP websites.

-- Tom