From 98bd7ca0990e6d88e3345d3bc966ebe8216691a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Hankins Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 23:05:22 +0000 Subject: DHCPv6 branch merged to HEAD. --- client/dhclient.8 | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'client/dhclient.8') 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 -- cgit v1.2.1