{"id":1005,"date":"2009-08-19T21:32:57","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T21:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wiki.davelevy.info\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2023-11-06T20:46:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T20:46:08","slug":"implementing-a-dhcp-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/implementing-a-dhcp-client\/","title":{"rendered":"Implementing a DHCP Client with BT Home Hub 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BT Home Hub<\/strong> supports dynamic and static i.e. file IP acquisition strategies for networked systems. It also permits the “fixing”<\/b> of addresses to a dynamic client.<\/p>\n

I have implemented dynamic but fixed addresses on my three servers.  So note, we now have dynamic, fixed and static addresses. One needs to be clear when asking for help.<\/p>\n

This was written about 2009 and is outdated.<\/p>\n

Windows XP<\/h3>\n

This is what I did, on the Dell, a statically addressed system, with an address outside the dhcp address pool, in order to convert it to dynamic but fixed<\/i>.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. I extended the IP address pool to include the static addresses using the hub manager control panel<\/li>\n
  2. I reset the computer system to act as a dhcp client using the windows control panel.<\/li>\n
  3. The BT Hub manager software then recognised the system and displayed its details in the Home Network page.<\/li>\n
  4. I reset the computer system as static with the desired IP address<\/li>\n
  5. The Hub Manager then sees the computer system as statically addressed with the required ip address. On the system’s device page I then set the “Always use this IP address” to Yes.<\/li>\n
  6. I then reset the computer system’s address resolution to dynamic and rebooted.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The computer is now a dhcp client with a fixed address, provided this part of the hub manager software works properly.<\/p>\n

    This involved a lot of re-booting the computer.<\/p>\n

    Linux<\/h3>\n

    I found this page<\/a> at http:\/\/www.linuxhomenetworking.com, which hints at how to configure a system as a DHCP client. Its this that prompted me to search on the hard disk and conclude the Qube has no dhcp client.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The BT Home Hub supports dynamic and static i.e. file IP acquisition strategies for networked systems. It also permits the “fixing” of addresses to a dynamic client. I have implemented dynamic but fixed addresses on my three servers.  So note, we now have dynamic, fixed and static addresses. One needs to be clear when asking…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[171,321,172,916,914,963,911,258],"class_list":["post-1005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-networking","category-technology","tag-bt","tag-dhcp","tag-homehub","tag-linux","tag-networking","tag-outdated","tag-technology","tag-xp"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/router-albert-stoynov-unsplash.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1005"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9463,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005\/revisions\/9463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}