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DHCPCD is a DHCP client program to automatically fill in network settings for interfaces connecting to a network.
<code>dhcpcd</code> is part of system set and present in all Funtoo stages. It can be a very good dhcp client for simple, automatically assigned wired and wireless connections.
 
=== Installation ===
{{console|body=###i## emerge net-misc/dhcpcd}}
 
When using wpa_supplicant, add dhcpcd to the default runlevel


=== service start-up ===
Add dhcpcd to the default runlevel
{{console|body=###i## rc-update add dhcpcd default}}
{{console|body=###i## rc-update add dhcpcd default}}
and then start dhcpcd by updating the runlevels and launching anything not already started with
and then start dhcpcd by updating the runlevels and launching anything not already started with
{{console|body=###i## rc}}  
{{console|body=###i## rc}}  
or {{console|body=###i## /etc/init.d/dhcpcd start}}
or {{console|body=###i## /etc/init.d/dhcpcd start}}
to start dhcpcd specifically.  
to start dhcpcd specifically.


Wpa_supplicant will now be able to connect to a network.  
For simple dhcp configurations it is sufficient for getting network connection. More advanced settings are described in corresponding <code>dhcpcd</code> and <code>dhcpcd.conf</code> man pages.
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Dhcpcd

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dhcpcd is part of system set and present in all Funtoo stages. It can be a very good dhcp client for simple, automatically assigned wired and wireless connections.

service start-up

Add dhcpcd to the default runlevel

root # rc-update add dhcpcd default

and then start dhcpcd by updating the runlevels and launching anything not already started with

root # rc
or
root # /etc/init.d/dhcpcd start

to start dhcpcd specifically.

For simple dhcp configurations it is sufficient for getting network connection. More advanced settings are described in corresponding dhcpcd and dhcpcd.conf man pages.