How to know whether my system is using DHCP or STATIC IP

venkat55 · September 25, 2009, 9:38am

Hi,

I am using RHEL 5.1 and i would like to know,

how to find the whether my system is using DHCP or STATIC IP
with out looking at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifconfig-eth0 configuration file.

Regards,
Venkat

mark54g · September 25, 2009, 10:31am

Why can't you look at that file? That is what sets your card's configuration.

fpmurphy · September 25, 2009, 11:56pm

If you have a DHCP lease on a particular interface <interface>, you can find out this information from /var/lib/dhcpclient/dhclient-<interface>.leases.

There is a man page which describes this file.

venkat55 · September 26, 2009, 7:34am

Thank you for providing the solution.