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dhclient – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
The Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client, dhclient, provides a means for configuring one or more network interfaces using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, BOOTP protocol, or if these protocols fail, by statically assigning an address.
[root-websrv-002 ]dhclient eth0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5-RedHat
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
Listening on LPFeth0/00:0c:29:63:b3:3f
Sending on LPF/eth0/00 :0c :29:63 :b3 :3f
Sending on Socket/faliback
DHCP DISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCP OFFER from 10.0.1.10
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 10.0.1.10bound to 10.0.1.116 — renewal in 13172 seconds.
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Reading BIOS information for Linux
Under Linux there is a tool called ‘dmidecode’ which is able to dump the system’s DMI (Desktop Management Interface) table contents in a human-readable format. The table contains information regarding system’s hardware components, as well as BIOS revisions etc.
hostmachine#dmidecode
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Grep MAC address from under Linux
Linux command to grep out the MAC address
linuxhost# ifconfig -a eth0 | grep ‘HWaddr’
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:C2:5C:99:F1
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Checking external IP from Linux
Simple method I found to show current external IP from Linux
[root@samsonite qmail_tmp]# curl -s http://checkip.dyndns.org/ | grep -i address
<html><head><title>Current IP Check</title></head><body>Current IP Address: 209.24.148.170</body></html>
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Configuration files for Hearbeat ( Linux-HA )
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Rapidshare.com broken drive
This server has a broken drive, which will be replaced as soon as possible. No data is lost. Unfortunately downloads from this server are not possible right now. We hope to continue with normal operation within the next 24 hours.
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Free “Intro to Linux” Course
Stumble upon this page that offering tutorial on linux for free. Signup via email and the content gets send to your mail.
“This online course is done via email. It is completely free. People register for the class, and receive an ebook via email every few days containing the next class of the course. Its goal is to be the most basic introduction to Linux possible. So basic that anyone who could possibly be interested in learning Linux can do it through this course. Your 7-year-old daughter or your 98-year-old uncle. Your brother who has never even seen a computer before (ok, that one may be a bit of a stretch). Anyone and everyone should have a basic understanding of Linux once they have completed the course.“
Register for it here [LINK]
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