On 2023-11-22 08:51:07, jeremy ardley via Dng wrote:
>
> On 22/11/23 08:46, Rob via Dng wrote:
> > Doing a dist-upgrade the new nm packages want  to uninstall
> > isc-dhcp-client which includes the dhclient which gets an ip address
> > from router
> > Does the new network-manager include this functionality or does another
> > dhcp client need to be installed. I understand isc.org are
> > end-of-life'ing  the client software.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Rob
> >
> Alternatives at
>
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/DHCP_Client
>
> I think I used the core client at some stage due to severe problems with
> network manager. However I now use systemd-networkd which is probably not an
> option on DNG

That page suggested several to try, I like the look of dhcpcd-base, and
switched to it from isc-dhcp-client in the test VM I'm working on now.
IPv4 and IPv6. Worked fine the first time.

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