Re: config IBM I and printers with DHCP?

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

So what you're trying to find out is if you can run ADDTCPIFC and for the
first parameter, INTNETADR, you can use one of the special values supplied
(*IP4DHCP, *IP6SAC) instead of using an IP address.  I'm guessing so.
There's likely a reason for those values.  You can always try adding a
secondary IP address.  Most of my LPARs have multiple.  Make sure you use
the appropriate value for LCLINTNETA when testing the following:
PING RMTSYS(NRA.ORG) LCLINTNETA('???')
TRACEROUTE RMTSYS('nra.org') LCLINTNETA('???')

I've never tried configuring IBM i as a DHCP client.


On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Company acquired company with an IBM I system.
>
> Their IT folks want to configure all IBM I printers to be DHCP.
>
> Also, they want to set the IBM I system IP to DHCP.
>
> Surely this is NOT possible.
>
> Jerry
>
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