From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 30 08:19:51 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id IAA03995 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 08:19:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id IAA03989 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 08:19:49 -0800 (PST) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.4/8.7.5) id JAA29879; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 09:19:37 -0700 (MST) From: Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199612301619.JAA29879@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: Help! To: ORKOPOULOS@postoffice.worldnet.att.net (Peter Orkopoulos) Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 09:19:36 -0700 (MST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <19961230091357.AAA25092@LOCALNAME> from "Peter Orkopoulos" at Dec 30, 96 04:09:36 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I have a pentium 100 with 8 megs of ram and I tried to > insall FreeBSD from the FTP site, by using the installation > boot disk (boot.flp, but when I was asked for an IP > address, I called my ISP (ATT Worldnet) and they told me > that I don't have ONE. I get a different IP every time I > connect (or something like that) FreeBSD can handle dynamic IP addresses like this. When you're ready to install FreeBSD again, come back here or read the handbook and questions mail list archives about dynamic IP addresses with PPP. In the meantime, when the install asks you for your IP address, tell it 10.0.0.1. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com