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# 1  
Old 10-29-2010
dhcp status of an interface
hi,

can anyone tell me how to check if my interface is controlled by dhcp?

i tried with ifconfig command

ifconfig interfacename dhcp status

but its showing unknown host : dhcp error.
# 2  
Old 10-30-2010
ps -ef | grep dhcp
Quote:
root 880 1 0 Oct28 ? 00:00:00 dhclient3 -e IF_METRIC=100 -pf /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.eth0.leases eth0
cat /etc/network/interfaces
Quote:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
run similar commands on your machine and see what that interface is configured for.
# 3  
Old 10-30-2010
thank you upengan..

I figured out what the problem was.
solaris and linux has different versions of ifconfig. and i was
trying out the solaris syntax in linux machines.
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