I want to install hp-ux 11.x with DHCP enabled

[Lito Agreda]

Hi I recently loaded hp-ux 11.0 to my hp c3000, but I would like some help how I can enable DHCP. My home network is cable modem to a linksys router with an windows xp as a host. I connect my hp to the router to detect automatically the setting but it did not do it. Please help
Please send any suggestions, does not matter if I can reload the software again.

[Patrick Wallek]

In /etc/rc.config.d/netconf there is a line similar to

DHCP_ENABLE[0]=0

If yours has a 0 after it as above, change it to a 1 and then reboot.

[Lito Agreda]

Changing the setting for DHCP_ENABLE=1 the system is going to ignore the previous settings, because I changed before and rebooted but it didn't work. Actually the DHCP_ENABLE went back to 0.

[Steven E. Protter]

You are sure you saved the file /etc/rc.config.d/ ??

Do you have some kind of shutdown that copies the netconf file from backup into the /etc/rc.config.d folder?

Seems if you made this change and saved, the rest of the netconf settings with regard to ip address and such should be overridden.

You could always try it with sam, but all sam does is modify the same configuration file.

Lets try it again and take a look at /etc/rc.log for clues.

Or, there may be more steps to do like commenting our hostname and ip address assignment in netconf.

See this thread. Ignore my answer in the thread. The last post to the thread seems to be the best prospect here.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=188229

SEP

[Ted Buis]

Check also for patches that might be needed, particularily if you have an old CD.