[Sunhelp] Enabling DHCP?

[Paul Khoury]

On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:45:25 -0600 (MDT), Robert Brady wrote:

>The DHCP server is included in SunOS 5.6.  I believe that the question was how 
>to enable the SPARC to use the dorms DHCP server.  If that is correct, take a 
>look at ifconfig(1M).  The last two examples under SYNOPSIS cover the use of 
>DHCP.  A basic config would be `ifconfig le0 dhcp start`.  This will configure 
>the interface until it is stopped or the system is rebooted.  If you want to 
>configure DHCP to acquire an address each time the system is booted, that's a 
>bit more complex.  Take a look at info doc 16207 named "How to setup a DHCP 
>client" on http://sunsolve.sun.com/  it goes through the steps in great detail.
>
Yeah, that sounds more like what I'm looking for.

So, I can keep my 192.168.x.x address, and just run this
when I need to obtain an addy from the DHCP server?