From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 28 12:26: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp21.singnet.com.sg (smtp21.singnet.com.sg [165.21.101.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD9F637B404 for ; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:26:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pike.singnet.com.sg (pike.singnet.com.sg [165.21.101.112]) by smtp21.singnet.com.sg (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g3SJQ3aO025641 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 03:26:03 +0800 Received: (from cooluser@localhost) by pike.singnet.com.sg (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA11729 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 03:26:03 +0800 X-Authentication-Warning: pike.singnet.com.sg: cooluser set sender to limdorj@singnet.com.sg using -f To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: unrecognised FBSD box in other windows client Message-ID: <1020021963.3ccc4ccb3099b@pike.singnet.com.sg> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 03:26:03 +0800 (SGT) From: Zhifu Reply-To: limdorj@singnet.com.sg MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: SingNet WebMail Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I am running a FreeBSD box (hostname: box1.network.edu.sg) in a Windows network environment. The network assigns IP addresses dynamically. I have set my etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 155.69.10.20 box1.network.edu.sg box1 etc/rc.conf hostname="box1.network.edu.sg" ifconfig="DCHP" Problem 1) IP address keeps changing. I need to keep updating my /etc/hosts file. 2) I cannot ping box1 from another windows machine (box2) and from box2 to box1. Why is that so? Thanx in advance. Zhifu (newbie) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message