Re: [uml-user] Cannot bringup DHCP (2.6.39 kernel + Debian 5.0 rootfs)

[Jeff D. <jd...@ad...>]

The thing about DHCP is that the protocol is confined to an ethernet
broadcast domain, and a TUN/TAP connection to the host is a separate
broadcast domain from the LAN.  It's a private ethernet with two hosts
on it.

DHCP will work if one of the following is true:
	The DHCP server is the UML host and dhcpd is listening on the
TAP device
	a DHCP forwarder, like dhcrelay, is running on the host
	UML is bridged to the host's eth

The bridging option puts the UML on the LAN on a par with any physical
system on the ethernet.

			Jeff