the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network protocol that automatically configures clients (or hosts) on the network

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Reset network on raspberry pi

I have disabled DHCP on my raspberry and set up the eth network manually.The problem is the network is no longer aviable and I want to reenable DHCP on my raspberry. How can I reset the network ...
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Can't get an IP for wlan0

So wlan0 is connecting fine to my router, but I'm not getting an IP. /etc/network/interfaces has the line: iface wlan0 inet manual Changing manual to dhcp doesn't seem to help, I get lots of ...
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Static DNS with DHCP on Raspbian

Is it possible to get an IP address over DHCP but force a DNS server instead of using the ones from the DHCP? I should be able to do so with a static IP addresses, but I would like to know how to do ...
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Having problems with RPi and DHCP

I have my RPi running connected to a Windows 7 machine with a crossover cable - that W7 machine itself is connected to the internet (DSL) via WiFi. Originally I simply configured Internet Connection ...
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RaspPI/Debian Wheezy obtaining fixed IP address from DHCP server

I've got a Netgear router which is acting as a DHCP server. There I've configured the MAC address of my RaspPI for obtaining a reserved/fixed IP address. Unfortunately when booting the RaspPI no IP ...
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Cannot connect to internet - No DHCPOFFERS recieved

I have used ethernet cable to connect to a modem for internet connection to my raspberry pi. I am getting error messages when trying to open a page. when i tried sudo ifup eth0 i got this error ...
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Alter dhclient to retry fetching IP address

It turns out raspberry pi doesn't try very hard to get an IP address with dhcp, during a power failure, my rpi booted faster than the dhcp server, and never got an IP address. In such a situation, the ...
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raspberry pi not shown in the network

I'm using the debian wheezy 2012-8-18 distribution on a raspberry pi model B. I have set the ssh server to turn on by default, and connected it to my Ethernet switch, where the router assigns IP to ...
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Trying to use Pi as a Router - dnsmasq reports interface eth1 does not currently exist

I am trying to use my Pi as a router and I want to start with getting DHCP set up. I bought the Apple USB to ethernet adaptor and it seems to work fine. The WAN is setup to eth0 - the built in ...
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Forcing DHCP to release and renew and use a reservation?

I am able to ssh into my new RPi. One of the things I like to do to my infrastructure devices is to go ahead and convert their DHCP assignment to a reservation. My router is a CradlePoint Firmware ...