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Vizitor

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Registered: 2015-01-05

Posts: 83

[SOLVED] NetworkManager dhclient questions

Yesterday I installed NetworkManager (following Arch Wiki) on my FluxBox DE.
It works OK with my ethernet conection, also with internet connections through USB or BlueTooth connected smartphone (not all of them in same time, of course). Now, just for learning purpose:
1) I'm wondering if the dhclient service should be enabled, because:
In NetworkManager.conf, there is:

[main]
plugins=keyfile
dhcp=dhclient
dns=default

And (my filtered output) <systemctl list-unit-files> shows dhclient is disabled (and there is no /etc/dhclient.conf file):

avahi-daemon.service                        disabled
avahi-dnsconfd.service                      disabled
bluetooth.service                           disabled
dhclient@.service                           disabled
dhcpcd.service                              disabled
dhcpcd@.service                             disabled
ftpd.service                                disabled
ip6tables.service                           disabled
iptables.service                            disabled
ModemManager.service                        disabled
netctl-auto@.service                        disabled
netctl-ifplugd@.service                     disabled
netctl-sleep.service                        disabled
netctl.service                              disabled
netctl@.service                             static  
NetworkManager-dispatcher.service           enabled 
NetworkManager-wait-online.service          disabled
NetworkManager.service                      enabled 
systemd-networkd-wait-online.service        disabled
systemd-networkd.service                    disabled
systemd-nspawn@.service                     disabled
vboxweb.service                             disabled
wpa_supplicant-nl80211@.service             disabled
wpa_supplicant-wired@.service               disabled
wpa_supplicant.service                      disabled
wpa_supplicant@.service                     disabled
avahi-daemon.socket                         disabled
systemd-networkd.socket                     disabled

2) Also is there some "best choice", or should I say "future-proof choice" between dhclient, dhcpcd or internal for "dhclient=" to use with NetworkManager?

Last edited by Vizitor (2016-02-28 20:06:03)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 12,418

Re: [SOLVED] NetworkManager dhclient questions

1) No, it should not be. NetworkManager will active it itself, you don't want it enabled.
2) AFAIK, both dhclient and internal are well supported.

Vizitor

Member

Registered: 2015-01-05

Posts: 83

Re: [SOLVED] NetworkManager dhclient questions

OK, TY for this clarification; I'll mark this as solved.

Edit: [Oh, too late, I spotted "No power-posting/empty posts" rule, but can't find way to delete this post.]

Last edited by Vizitor (2016-02-28 20:22:36)