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| author | David Hankins <dhankins@isc.org> | 2007-05-08 23:05:22 +0000 |
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| committer | David Hankins <dhankins@isc.org> | 2007-05-08 23:05:22 +0000 |
| commit | 98bd7ca0990e6d88e3345d3bc966ebe8216691a7 (patch) | |
| tree | c4437ca467e8f733d530170a5c445747b2defd68 /client/dhclient.8 | |
| parent | 74dc3e0b2786c46956e7517398ae6f7c6dad52d7 (diff) | |
| download | isc-dhcp-98bd7ca0990e6d88e3345d3bc966ebe8216691a7.tar.gz | |
DHCPv6 branch merged to HEAD.
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/client/dhclient.8 b/client/dhclient.8 index 7971fca5..f82ce161 100644 --- a/client/dhclient.8 +++ b/client/dhclient.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" dhclient.8 +.\" $Id: dhclient.8,v 1.21 2007/05/08 23:05:20 dhankins Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004 by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") .\" Copyright (c) 1996-2003 by Internet Software Consortium @@ -24,14 +24,17 @@ .\" Support and other services are available for ISC products - see .\" http://www.isc.org for more information. .\" -.\" $Id: dhclient.8,v 1.20 2007/04/19 21:35:11 dhankins Exp $ -.\" .TH dhclient 8 .SH NAME dhclient - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client .SH SYNOPSIS .B dhclient [ +.B -4 +| +.B -6 +] +[ .B -p .I port ] @@ -106,6 +109,13 @@ important details about the network to which it is attached, such as the location of a default router, the location of a name server, and so on. .PP +If given the -4 command line argument (default), dhclient will use the +DHCPv4 protocol to obtain an IPv4 address and configuration parameters. +.PP +If given the -6 command line argument, dhclient will use the DHCPv6 +protocol to obtain whatever PIv6 addresses are available along with +configuration parameters. Information-request is not yet supported. +.PP On startup, dhclient reads the .IR dhclient.conf for configuration instructions. It then gets a list of all the |