Does Linux support DHCP

[gaf at zk3.dec.com (Jerry Feldman)]

> At 10:26 AM 1/27/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Has anyone out there used DHCP to obtain IP addresses. DHCP is a Microsft 
> >rpotocol to dynamically assign IP addresses to a client. Has anyone 
> >implemented it in Lunux yet.
> 
> No no no no Microsoft didn't invent it.
In a meeting last year, a senior executive from Microsoft claimed that 
Microsoft developed the DHCP protocol. 

> There's a DHCP server written by someone in Japan that runs on Linux.  I
> don't think there are any clients but since the code is Net3 it shouldn't
> be hard.

> Highway1 won't give you an ip number, eh?
Actually, I am not so sure. Since the system is set up to be connected 24 hours/day, I effectively have a permanent (kind of) IP address. As long as you keep the cable modem online, the IP address seems to persist. Since I have no meetings this week (that I am planning on attending), I should have some time to play with the net.
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