USING dhcpconfig TO CONFIGURE DHCP

The traditional DHCP configuration utility available in Solaris systems is the dhcpconfig program. Using dhcpconfig, you can configure the DHCP server and the DHCP relay agent. In addition, you can also “unconfigure” DHCP services. Most of the steps in dhcpconfig are the same as discussed in the DHCP Manager GUI. This section discusses each step. When you start dhcpconfig, it lists four options as shown in the following:

bash-2.03# dhcpconfig 
***         DHCP Configuration              *** 


Would you like to: 
        1) Configure DHCP Service 
        2) Configure BOOTP Relay Agent 
        3) Unconfigure DHCP or Relay Service 
        4) Exit 


Choice:

Select option 1 to start the configuration of the DHCP server. The next question asks whether you want to stop ...

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