Currently running a Pogoplug pink/grey E02 connected to an ADSL router with dhcp.
I am looking at assigning a static IP, currently I have done this using the router, reserving the IP number for the pogo.
I know this is the preferred method, but I am trying to understand the netctl configurations. It may be that if I change ISP the router will be dumber.
Most of the things I can understand, but one item flummoxes me, even my google-fu fails to shed much light on it.
Below is my current eth0
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'Description='A basic dhcp ethernet connection'
Interface=eth0
Connection=ethernet
IP=dhcp
ExecUpPost='/usr/bin/ntpd -gq || true'
DhcpcdOptions='-A'
ExecUpPost='/usr/bin/ntpdate -u pool.ntp.org'
')
What is the DhcpcdOptions='-A' for?
My google-fu says it's something to do with passing an instruction to the dhcp client...
-A, --noarp - Don't request or claim the address by ARP. This also disables IPv4LL.
and...
DhcpcdOptions=, DhclientOptions=, DhclientOptions6=
Additional options to be passed to the DHCP client. Do not use this
unless you know what you are doing.
My proposed static IP eth0 would look like this :-
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'Description='A basic static ethernet connection'
Connection=ethernet
Interface=eth0
IP=static
Address='192.168.0.4/24'
gateway='192.168.0.1'
DNS=('8.8.8.8' '8.8.4.4')
#These were added when I did the timezone.
ExecUpPost='/usr/bin/ntpd -gq || true'
ExecUpPost='/usr/bin/ntpdate -u pool.ntp.org'')
Do I need to add the DhcpcdOptions='-A' to this, if so, why?
Go on, explain to the stupid old geezer, mebbe I'll learn something
Rev
