The JOIN Client

Installing the JOIN client software

1. Login as root on the client computer.
2. Select a partition with at least 2 MB of free disk space.
3. Create a temporary directory to use for extracting and decompressing the server files.
4. Insert the Client disk into the disk drive of the server.
5. Change to the temporary directory.
6. Extract the contents of the Client disk using tar xvf:

   Platform	Command
   SUN OS 4.x	tar xvf /dev/fd0
   Solaris 2.x	volcheck -v tar xvf /vol/dev/diskette0/unlabeled
   Digital UNIX	tar xvf /dev/rfd0a
   HP-UX	tar xvf /dev/rfloppy/c20Ad1s0

7. Enter

             # ./install_join_client
   

   to continue the installation.

• joinc: This client process is the actual DHCP client. It gets the configuration information from the server and renews the lease periodically.
• dhcpconf: This utility acts as an interface between the DHCP client and the user. It provides the user a mechanism to activate the DHCP client and to configure the local host based on information provided by the DHCP server.

1. Start the joinc DHCP client:

          # joinc -b
   

2. Activate the client by starting dhcpconf:

          # dhcpconf <interface> start
   

   For example, if you want to run DHCP client on the interface le0:

          # dhcpconf le0 start
   

Stop the DHCP client:

1. Release the IP address granted to the client:

          # dhcpconf <interface> release
   

2. Stop the joinc process

          # kill <pid-of-joinc>
   

Changing client behavior:

• Configuration parameters requested from the server
• Timeout values
• Whether the client should accept BOOTP offers

Last Modified: 11:32am , November 11, 1996