Configuring network utilities and nfs (client), 1 configuring dhcp client – SLS Audio NEEK Board Support Package uClinux User Manual

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6. Configuring Network utilities and NFS (Client)

This chapter introduces you about the network utilities ftp, dhcpcd, telnet, boa,
and inetd. First of all follow all steps for Ethernet driver mentioned in the section

SLS Ethernet IP Driver.

6.1 Configuring DHCP Client

1. Select Customize Application/Library Settings. Do the following

settings for Network Application and Busybox.

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2. To configure the IP address of the board dynamically (automatically),

issue the following command on the target.

/>dhcpcd

3. To know the IP address received from the above command and to know

the Ethernet port configuration, Issue following command on the target.

/>ifconfig

Network Applications ---->

[*] dhcpcd-new (2.0/2.4)

[*] ntpdate

[*] route

BusyBox ---->

[*] ifconfig

[*] Enable status reporting output (+7k)

[*] ping

You will find IP assigned to your board by ifconfig command

4. Ping your board from the host with the IP address (xx.xx.xx.xx) that you

got from step 3.

#ping xx.xx.xx.xx

Make sure that DHCP server is available in your network and there is
enough space for new IP allocation.

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