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Author: onefang
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Latest network-manager 1.44.2-5devuan1 wants to remove isc-dhcp-client
On 2023-11-22 18:34:41, al3xu5 via Dng wrote:
> Wed, 22 Nov 2023 17:25:08 +0100 - Didier Kryn <kryn@???>:
>
> > > [...]
>
> > ... I'd better like to have an application which provides DHCP
> > client service and nothing else... do one thing and do it well.
>
> Indeed.
>
> I have DHCP on my router (Drytek Vigor 2135) serving my little LAN.
> On my primary workstation I have isc-dhcp-client, plus Unbound as local
> recursive caching DNS resolver (not authoritative).
>
> Please, help me to move to the right direction:
>
> - could dhcpcd (dhcpcd-base package) be the ideal substitue replacing
> isc-dhcp-client?


I switched to it yesterday on my test VM, works fine.

> - if yes: there is something to consider to set it up well in this
> situation?


Just like with isc-dhcp-client I had to tell it to use Unbound instead of
what ever DHCP told it to use. Add this line to /etc/dhcpcd.conf -

static domain_name_servers=127.0.0.1

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