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authorRoy Marples <roy@marples.name>2008-04-20 19:02:19 +0000
committerRoy Marples <roy@marples.name>2008-04-20 19:02:19 +0000
commit35ff0dbb35b746c5594773ddc47516af440cdae7 (patch)
tree144e8a4e9e870ef40546544b9ce65cdd13930474 /dhcpcd.conf.5
parent7612d18ee2d823cbd61f156191c6b5d6cb41352f (diff)
downloaddhcpcd-35ff0dbb35b746c5594773ddc47516af440cdae7.tar.xz
We should send packets to a specific IP over the udp socket so we don't broadcast on layer 2 and unicast on layer 3, #64.
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@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@ from the server. It can be a variable to be used in
or the numerical value. You can specify more seperated by commas, spaces or
more option lines.
.It Ic hostname Ar name
-Sends specified hostname to the DHCP server so it can be registered in DNS.
+Sends specified
+.Ar hostname
+o the DHCP server so it can be registered in DNS. If
+.Ar hostname
+if a FQDN (ie, contains a .) then it will be encoded a such.
+.It Ic fqdn Op none | ptr | both
+none disables FQDN encoding, ptr just asks the DHCP server to update the PTR
+record of the host in DNS whereas both also updates the A record.
.It Ic leasetime Ar seconds
Request a leasetime of
.Ar seconds .