Configuring DHCP via Debian Console

Question

linux

The bottom line is this - I bought a router, 2 computers are connected through the vitukha - with XP and Debian (netistall), respectively. I set up the router, it distributes settings via DHCP, I set up the Internet on XP, but I can’t configure it with Debian. There are no X's, only the console. Connection, as I already wrote, via DHCP.
All I could do was to mangle the file "/etc/network/interfaces" :(
Please explain, or point me where to ask about it. Thank you.

Answer 1

apt-get install dhcp-client

Well, in /etc/network/interfaces, write XXX - the name of the adapter, eth0, for example.
auto XXX
iface XXX inet dhcp