ifconfig or netcardconfig dhcp syntax

[sminotti]

Is it possible to invoke dhcp with an argument to ifconfig like:

ifconfig eth0 dhcp

or is it possible to have netcardconfig automatically invoke dhcp broadcast without promting for it?

what I,m trying to do is append a couple of commands to knoppix.sh on my hard drive so that my network card will work.

right now I have:

modprobe 8139too
netcardconfig

Netcard config prompts for dhcp broadcast (yes). I want to just type

knoppix myconfig=scan

and have everything ready after initializations.

[aay]

Try this:

pump -i eth0

[sminotti]

Does the trick, thanks

[scissors]

Try this:

pump -i eth0

Wonderful! This is the exact same situation I am in, and was looking for a cure for.

[JockVSJock]

Right now I'm using CAT5 into my internal nic on my laptop.

If I want to take down dhcp, do I do the following?

pump -i eth0 ifdown

I tried it and it did not work.

thanks

[Stephen]

Right now I'm using CAT5 into my internal nic on my laptop.

If I want to take down dhcp, do I do the following?

pump -i eth0 ifdown

I tried it and it did not work.

thanks

Try ifdown eth0.

[JockVSJock]

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Try ifdown eth0.

Tried that...didn't work

See output below...

root@Probot:~# ifdown eth0
ifdown: interface eth0 not configured