RHEL8: NetworkManager now uses its own internal DHCP client.

Updated -
  • RHEL8 NetworkManager DHCP behaviour differs to RHEL7.
  • Some features like DHCP overrides to allow access to a network via short names no longer work.

NetworkManager now uses it's own internal DHCP client by default which is a scaled down version and does not have the same features as dhclient. But this can easily be changed by adding the following under...

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