Udhcpc Explained

udhcpc is a very small DHCP client program geared towards embedded systems.^[1] The letters are an abbreviation for Micro - DHCP - Client (μDHCPc).^[2] The program tries to be fully functional and RFC 2131 compliant.^[3]

udhcpc was originally developed in 1999 by Matthew Ramsay and Christ Trew^[4] under the GNU GPLv2 licence.^[5] It was added to BusyBox on 21 August 2002^[6] and first released as a part of such in 0.60.4^[7] on 18 September 2002.^{[8] [9]} The package was marked as unmaintained on 26 October 2009,^[10] suggesting to those who wanted a standalone package to use BusyBox with all other applets disabled.

External links

• Source code
• Udhcpc's website (deprecated)
  

Notes and References

1. Web site: udhcp Server/Client Package . 2024-10-30 . udhcp.busybox.net.
2. Web site: SUSE Package Hub - udhcp . 2024-10-30 . packagehub.suse.com.
3. Web site: udhcp . 2024-10-30 . git.busybox.net.
4. Web site: udhcp - Old; please use udhcp from busybox . 2024-10-30 . git.busybox.net.
5. Web site: udhcp - Old; please use udhcp from busybox . 2024-10-30 . git.busybox.net.
6. Web site: busybox - BusyBox: The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux . 2024-10-30 . git.busybox.net.
7. Web site: busybox - BusyBox: The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux . 2024-10-30 . git.busybox.net.
8. Web site: busybox - BusyBox: The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux . 2024-10-30 . git.busybox.net.
9. Web site: 2002-09-23 . BusyBox 0.60.4 released . 2024-10-30 . LWN.net.
10. Web site: udhcp-web - Website for http://udhcp.busybox.net/ . 2024-10-30 . git.busybox.net.