Monday Nov 03, 2008

1. Determine the interface to setup the DHCP for.
* You can either plumb all and see : $ ifconfig -a plumb
* Or you can get it using : $ dmesg | grep ether

2. Create empty file /etc/hostname.interface : $ touch /etc/hostname.bfe0

3. Create empty file /etc/dhcp.interface : $ touch /etc/dhcp.bfe0
This file may contain the following directives:
* wait time=time in secs
* primary

NOTE: DHCP client daemon, dhcpagent will be started only if /etc/dhcp.interface file exists.

Reference:

1. Setting up a Solaris DHCP client by Rich Teer
2. Configuring network interface cards by Lance Spitznet
3. Solaris DHCP client at Sun Solaris documentation web site

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