1 $DragonFly: src/sbin/dhclient/client/Attic/dhclient.8.no_obj.patch,v 1.1 2005/01/04 19:58:54 joerg Exp $
2 --- dhclient.8.orig 2004-06-10 19:59:12.000000000 +0200
3 +++ dhclient.8 2004-06-24 16:35:57.000000000 +0200
6 .\" $Id: dhclient.8,v 1.12.2.8 2004/06/10 17:59:12 dhankins Exp $
8 +.\" Portions copyright (c) 2000 David E. O'Brien.
9 +.\" All rights reserved.
10 +.\" $FreeBSD: ports/net/isc-dhcp3-server/files/patch-client::dhclient.8,v 1.3 2004/03/22 23:33:09 des Exp $
14 dhclient - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
46 configuration file or on the command line, and will ignore all other
53 +to save the script it creates for use in conjunction with
58 If the DHCP client should listen and transmit on a port other than the
59 standard (port 68), the
62 flag, followed by the IP address to send. This is only useful for testing,
63 and should not be expected to work in any consistent or useful way.
65 +On FreeBSD, dhclient can be enabled to automatically handle the
66 +link status of the network card. Normally polling is done every
67 +five seconds. The polling interval can be set using the
69 +flag, followed by the numbers of seconds. Minimum is one second.
71 The DHCP client will normally run in the foreground until it has
72 configured an interface, and then will revert to running in the
73 background. To run force dhclient to always run as a foreground
76 flag prevents any messages other than errors from being printed to the
77 standard error descriptor.
79 +flag turns on all messages.
83 The client normally doesn't release the current lease as it is not
84 required by the DHCP protocol. Some cable ISPs require their clients