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dhcpinfo command

Use this command to view the DHCP server-assigned IP configuration for eth0.

Use the dhcpinfo command to view the DHCP server-assigned IP configuration for eth0, if the interface is configured automatically by a DHCP server. You can use the ifconfig command to enable or disable DHCP.

Syntax:
dhcpinfo eth0
Example:
system> dhcpinfo eth0

-server : 192.168.70.29
-n              : IMM2A-00096B9E003A
-i              : 192.168.70.202
-g              : 192.168.70.29
-s              : 255.255.255.0
-d              : linux-sp.raleigh.ibm.com
-dns1       : 192.168.70.29
-dns2       : 0.0.0.0
-dns3       : 0.0.0.0
<span className="ph">-i6                : 0::0
-d6             : *
-dns61      : 0::0
-dns62      : 0::0
-dns63      : 0::0
</span>
system>
The following table describes the output from the example.
Table 1. dhcpinfo command.

The following table is a multi-row two column table describing the options that are used in the previous example.

OptionDescription
-serverDHCP server that assigned the configuration
-nAssigned host name
-iAssigned IPv4 address
-gAssigned gateway address
-sAssigned subnet mask
-dAssigned domain name
-dns1Primary IPv4 DNS server IP address
-dns2Secondary IPv4 DNS IP address
-dns3Tertiary IPv4 DNS server IP address
-i6IPv6 address
-d6IPv6 domain name
-dns61Primary IPv6 DNS server IP address
-dns62Secondary IPv6 DNS IP address
-dns63Tertiary IPv6 DNS server IP address