Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:06:52 +0200 From: Niclas Zeising <lothrandil@n00b.apagnu.se> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: updates to networking chapter regarding new dhclient Message-ID: <42D422DC.9040405@n00b.apagnu.se>
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Hi!
I have made a patch to the documentation of dhclient in the network
servers section of the handbook. The patch only mentions the new OpenBSD
dhclient instead of the "old" ISC one.
The patch applies to
doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml
Regards!
//Niclas Zeising
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--- chapter.sgml.orig 2005-07-12 11:32:40.220724800 +0200
+++ chapter.sgml 2005-07-12 17:16:52.517268800 +0200
@@ -2544,24 +2544,29 @@
<para>DHCP, the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, describes
the means by which a system can connect to a network and obtain the
- necessary information for communication upon that network. FreeBSD
- uses the ISC (Internet Software Consortium) DHCP implementation, so
- all implementation-specific information here is for use with the ISC
- distribution.</para>
+ necessary information for communication upon that network. FreeBSD
+ versions prior to 6.0 uses the ISC (Internet Software Consortium)
+ DHCP client (<command>dhclient</command>) implementation. Later
+ versions uses the OpenBSD <command>dhclient</command> taken from
+ OpenBSD 3.7. All implementation-specific information here
+ regarding <command>dhclient</command> is for use with both the ISC and
+ the OpenBSD DHCP client. The DHCP server is the one included in the
+ ISC distribution.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>What This Section Covers</title>
- <para>This section describes both the client-side and
- server-side components of the ISC DHCP system. The
- client-side program, <command>dhclient</command>, comes
- integrated within FreeBSD, and the server-side portion is
- available from the <filename
- role="package">net/isc-dhcp3-server</filename> port. The
- &man.dhclient.8;, &man.dhcp-options.5;, and
- &man.dhclient.conf.5; manual pages, in addition to the
- references below, are useful resources.</para>
+ <para>This section describes both the client-side components of
+ the ISC and OpenBSD DHCP client and the server-side components
+ of the ISC DHCP system. The client-side program, <command>dhclient
+</command>
+ , comes integrated within FreeBSD, and the server-side portion is
+ available from the <filename role="package">net/isc-dhcp3-server
+</filename>
+ port. The &man.dhclient.8;, &man.dhcp-options.5;, and
+ &man.dhclient.conf.5; manual pages, in addition to the references
+ below, are useful resources.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@@ -2587,7 +2592,7 @@
<sect2>
<title>FreeBSD Integration</title>
- <para>FreeBSD fully integrates the ISC DHCP client,
+ <para>FreeBSD fully integrates the ISC or OpenBSD DHCP client,
<command>dhclient</command>. DHCP client support is provided
within both the installer and the base system, obviating the need
for detailed knowledge of network configurations on any network
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