Re: Why does sys-unconfig want addresses for DNS servers when configuring DHCP?

Michael Laajanen wrote:
Hi,

Dave wrote:
I thougth one of the advantages of using DHCP is that the addresses of the DNS servers were supplied by the DHCP server. But when I run sys-unconfig to set up DHCP, the sys-unconfig program insists me telling it the IPs of the DNS servers.

Is there a way to configure a Sun to use DHCP, and it get both the IP address, the default route and the addreses for the DNS servers from the DHCP server?
What Solaris version are we talking about?

The dhcp client can be configured to request all kinds of data, see dhcptab.

In SNV and OpenSolaris I think that that DNS server is requested by default, S10 and below not.


It's not much help if you have a brain-dead DHCP Server! In my case, my LinkSys BEFSR-81 serves as both router and DHCP server. The BEFSR-81 does not implement the full protocol and is not configurable. I let my PCs use the DHCP server. My Solaris systems are configured with static addresses so I can talk to them from my PC.


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