Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 09:32:18 -0600 From: Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8 Message-ID: <c9850fd711881a4e278ad260e1030f8b@secure-computing.net> In-Reply-To: <20050225222750.GA59300@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050225125247.02e6d948@mail.face2interface.com> <20050225222750.GA59300@osiris.chen.org.nz>
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On Feb 25, 2005, at 4:27 PM, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 04:16:40PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > > [...] >> Here's the problem, hope the preceding is a good background to it. >> Find >> that the IP address for the 5.3 box gets changed on a fairly regular >> basis >> by (I guess) my xp gateway so that I then have to change the gateway >> hosts >> file, the 5.3 hosts file and 5.3 rc.conf file. >> >> The 4.8 box's IP addr has been stable. >> >> Any idea where I start to fix this? Would like the 5.3 box's IP addr >> to >> remain stable as well. > > This has nothing to do with the FreeBSD boxes, but rather a > configuration issue with your DHCP server. The DHCP server can be > configured so that it will always give the same IP for a particular > NIC. Talk to your admin about it. > -- The other thing you could try would be to set a static IP on your workstations... HTH _______________________________________________________ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson
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