On 29 May 2015 at 13:33, John Connor wrote:

My 2 bits regarding dhcpd : at least up to 13.1 yast reads /etc/dhcpd.conf when you start to edit DHCP server settings via yast. So whatever you already have there will be reflected in what you see in yast - you can edit the conf file directly, or you can use yast, and the results will appear in the conf file. Just remember to restart dhcpd after editing /etc/dhcpd.conf, it doesn't automatically reload. It is probably easiest to use yast for the restart, unless you want to get into systemd command line.

No comment on dhcpclient - we use a fixed address facing the internet, and I've never used wicked.

John

On 24 May 2015 at 18:07, wrote:

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I'm setting up a DHCP client on Opensuse. I'm coming from Debian; apparently things are done differently here in Opensuse. My very-techie friend also from Debian has given up trying to help me with figuring this out on Opensuse :-(

This box is being set up as an edge router+firewall.

It connects directly to an ISP's DSL modem - an AT&T Uverse-compatible Pace 5031NV.

Iiuc, on Opensuse there are 3 different clients -- dhcpcd, dhclient & wicked.

I don't know much of anything about 'wicked' yet. From reading in the docs

https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles-12/book_sle_admin/data/sec_basicnet_...

and a bunch of posts scattered acorss the mailing lists and bug reports it sounds like wicked is the right way going forward @ opensuse and that dhcpcd and dhclient are going away eventually.

I really want to understand how to do this manually if I have to and am uncomfortable with 'fuzzy' configs scattered all over the place.

'Everybody' just keeps saying "use yast" to configure but won't answer the question *which* dhcp client is used in that case and where the config goes.

The docs seems to bounce between using the old /etc/sysconfig/network/* configs and the new /etc/wicked/* configs.

My questions for starters are

(A) Is it true that on opensuse going forward wicked is the right way to configure network connections, and that all of its configs go into /etc/wicked/*?

(B) Is there any documentation that gives an EXAMPLE of a working /etc/wicked/*-only config for connecting a server to an ISP's modem using DHCP? I'm not looking for an encyclopedia of options, there's already too much of that causing me confusion. I'm looking for a working, practical example I can start with and learn from.

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