dhclient vs ddclient

[Ian Burrell]

Michael D. Berger <m.d.berger <at> ieee.org> writes:
> 
> I have been using ddclient for several years with
> no apparent problem.  Any opinions?
>

They do two completely different things.  dhclient is a DHCP client, configuring
dynamic network settings from a DHCP server.  ddclient is a DynDNS client
updating dynamic DNS entries for dyndns.  They are related; you could use
ddclient to tell dyndns about the dynamic IP address assigned by your ISP with
DHCP and dhclient.

 - Ian