source: BOOK/network/common/dhcp.xml@ 5856ea8

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<sect1 id="ch-network-dhcp">
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  <title>DHCP Network Configuration</title>

  <sect2>
    <title>Creating the DHCP Network Interface Configuration File</title>

    <para>The following is an example for the eth0 interface. Refer to the
    dhcpcd.conf man page for more information. This step may be skipped if
    default behavior of dhcpcd is required.</para>

    <para>Create the <filename>/etc/dhcpcd.conf</filename> configuration file
    using the following commands. Adjust appropriately for additional options:</para>

<screen><userinput>cd /etc &amp;&amp;
cat &gt; dhcpcd.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># dhcpcd configuration eth0 interface
# See dhcpcd.conf(5) for details.

interface eth0
# dhcpcd-run-hooks uses these options.
option subnet_mask, routers, domain_name_servers

# The default timeout for waiting for a DHCP response is 30 seconds
# which may be too long or too short and can be changed here.
timeout 16</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

    <para>To configure another Static Interface, Follow <xref linkend="ch-network-static"/>.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2>
    <title>Configuring the Network Interface at boot</title>

    <para>Enabling of the Network Interface configuration is
    done per interface. To enable Network Interface
    configuration at boot, run:</para>

<screen role="nodump"><userinput>systemctl enable dhcpcd@eth0</userinput></screen>

    <para>To disable previously enabled Network Interface
    configuration at boot, run:</para>

<screen role="nodump"><userinput>systemctl disable dhcpcd@eth0</userinput></screen>

    <para>To manually start the Network Interface configuration,
    run:</para>

<screen role="nodump"><userinput>systemctl start dhcpcd@eth0</userinput></screen>

    <para>Replace eth0 with the correct Network Interface
    name as described on the beginning of this page.</para>

  </sect2>

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