Mercurial > hg > dhcpcd
changeset 1584:0a493dbaa184 draft
Update documentation about --request.
| author | Roy Marples <roy@marples.name> |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:41:40 +0000 |
| parents | 6ba877c9df39 |
| children | afde8eef904f |
| files | dhcpcd.8.in |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/dhcpcd.8.in Mon Jan 03 10:54:58 2011 +0000 +++ b/dhcpcd.8.in Mon Jan 03 11:41:40 2011 +0000 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Roy Marples +.\" Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Roy Marples .\" All rights reserved .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd August 31, 2010 +.Dd January 3, 2011 .Dt DHCPCD 8 SMM .Os .Sh NAME @@ -274,17 +274,10 @@ NFS. You can use this option to stop this from happening. .It Fl r , -request Op Ar address -.Nm -normally sends a DHCP DISCOVER to find servers to offer an address. -.Nm -then requests the address used. -You can use this option to skip the DISCOVER phase and just request the -.Ar address . -The downside is if you request an +Request the .Ar address -the DHCP server does not know about or the DHCP server is not -authoritative, it will remain silent. -In this situation, we go back to the init state and DISCOVER again. +in the DHCP DISCOVER message. +There is no guarantee this is the address the DHCP server will actual give. If no .Ar address is given then the first address currently assigned to the @@ -293,7 +286,7 @@ .It Fl s , -inform Op Ar address Ns Op Ar /cidr Behaves like .Fl r , -request -as above, but sends a DHCP INFORM instead of a REQUEST. +as above, but sends a DHCP INFORM instead of DISCOVER/REQUEST. This does not get a lease as such, just notifies the DHCP server of the .Ar address in use.
