Implements the DHCP client protocol. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), described in RFC 2131, provides configuration parameters to Internet hosts. Requires UDP.

See also: DHCPServer, DHCPMessage

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Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
interfaceTableModule	string		The path to the InterfaceTable module
routingTableModule	string
interface	string	""	which NIC should be configured (i.e. wlan0, eth1 etc.)
startTime	double	0s	starting time of DHCP initialization

Properties

Name	Value	Description
display	i=block/app2

Gates

Name	Direction	Size	Description
udpIn	input
udpOut	output

Source code

//
// Implements the DHCP client protocol. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol),
// described in RFC 2131, provides configuration parameters to Internet hosts.
// Requires UDP.
//
// @see DHCPServer, DHCPMessage
//
simple DHCPClient like IUDPApp
{
    parameters:
        string interfaceTableModule;   // The path to the InterfaceTable module
        string routingTableModule;
        string interface = default("");  // which NIC should be configured (i.e. wlan0, eth1 etc.)
        double startTime @unit(s) = default(0s); // starting time of DHCP initialization
        @display("i=block/app2");
    gates:
        input udpIn @labels(UDPControlInfo/up);
        output udpOut @labels(UDPControlInfo/down);
}

File: src/inet/applications/dhcp/DHCPClient.ned

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