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I have a new solaris machine and I am trying to bring the same on network. The IP assignemnt is via DHCP. I want to know as which files need to be modified to include DHCP server IP in order that the machine gets its IP via DHCP server.

Thanks in Advance.

Create /etc/dhcp.interface ( eg: /etc/dhcp.hme0 ),

The startup scripts issue the ifconfig interface dhcp start command, which instructs dhcpagent to start DHCP. If commands are contained within the dhcp.interface file, they are appended to the dhcp start option of ifconfig . See the ifconfig man page for more information about options used with dhcp .


The file /etc/default/dhcpagent on the client system contains tunable parameters for dhcpagent . You can use a text editor to change several parameters that affect client operation.

Release the IP address. The command ifconfig interface dhcp release causes dhcpagent to relinquish the IP address being used by the network interface

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