From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 24 10:39:49 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA02905 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:39:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail0.mailsender.net (mail0.mailsender.net [209.132.1.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA02900 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:39:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danarchy@endeneu.com) Received: from candyman (207.109.3.25) by mail0.mailsender.net; 24 Jan 1999 10:38:37 -0800 Message-ID: <36ab68ae36ac16cd@mail0.mailsender.net> (added by mail0.mailsender.net) From: "Dan Dockery" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 12:49:37 -0600 Reply-To: "Dan Dockery" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Standard (2.00.1500) For Windows 98 (4.10.1998) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: DHCP client Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >My ISP, @Home, tells me I should be running a DHCP client in order to >have a connection. >Card is D-Link 528CT (PCI), Motorolla WebSurfer cable modem, FreeBSD 3.0 >installed. >How do go about installing, configuring and running a DHCP client? Unless I'm mistaken (my FreeBSD box is at work and until the WAN is up, I don't have access), dhclient is included with a standard distribution. If not, you need to get a copy of it. Be sure to read the manpages before you use it, though. It will overwrite several files. -Dan "Come give anyone of us, for instance, a little more independence, untie our hands, widen the spheres of our activity, relax the controls and we -- yes, I assure you -- we would immediately beg to be under control again." -Dostoevsky "Notes from Underground" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message