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Diffstat (limited to 'dhcpcd.conf.5.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | dhcpcd.conf.5.in | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/dhcpcd.conf.5.in b/dhcpcd.conf.5.in index 51793773..ec58b866 100644 --- a/dhcpcd.conf.5.in +++ b/dhcpcd.conf.5.in @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd March 31, 2009 +.Dd April 18, 2009 .Dt DHCPCD.CONF 5 SMM .Os .Sh NAME @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ which is a space or comma separated list of patterns passed to .Xr fnmatch 3 . .It Ic arping Ar address Op address .Nm dhcpcd -will arping each address in order. +will arping each address in order before attempting DHCP. If an address is found, we will select the replying hardware address as the profile, otherwise the ip address. Example: @@ -98,9 +98,12 @@ not enabled by default. The duid generated will be held in .Pa @SYSCONFDIR@/dhcpcd.duid and should not be copied to other hosts. +.It Ic fallback Ar profile +Fallback to using this profile if DHCP fails. +This allows you to configure a static profile instead of using ZeroConf. .It Ic hostname Ar name Sends specified -.Ar hostname +.Ar hostname to the DHCP server so it can be registered in DNS. If .Ar hostname if a FQDN (ie, contains a .) then it will be encoded as such. |