From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Dec 22 13:55:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA01449 for stable-outgoing; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 13:55:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable) Received: from safe.boh.com (firewall.boh.com [205.172.19.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA01440 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 13:55:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from aneilson@usa.net) Received: from firewall.safe.boh.com ([10.1.25.11]) by firewall.safe.boh.com with SMTP id <15235>; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 11:55:35 -1000 Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19971222115430.3ca7ff4e@pop.netaddress.com> X-Sender: aneilson@pop.netaddress.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: "Arthur W. Neilson III" Subject: DHCP Dynamic IP? Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 11:55:28 -1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I just brought FreeBSD 2.2.2 up on a second drive on my self-built AMD K6-200Mhz based system and can't figure out how to gen my Internet LAN connection going. I told sysinstall about my 3COM 3C509 ISA card and ep0 seems to be fine. I configured my subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and put in my gateway server address as well as the nameserver address. Unfortunately my IP address will change whenever my license gets renewed. This happens if my cable modem gets powered off or my cable company has problems. My cable co expects me to use DHCP to dynamically obtain my IP address at startup time. How do I do this in FreeBSD??? Also, even though I hardcoded my IP address and put in the address of the nameserver I cannot reference any sites by name, only address. ping works great if I specify the address of a site but I get 'host unknown' if I specify by name. What have I got setup wrong??????? __ / ) _/_ It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. /--/ __ / Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, / (_/ (_<__ Instead of theories to suit facts. -- Sherlock Holmes, "A Scandal in Bohemia" Arthur W. Neilson III Bank of Hawaii Tech support aneilson@usa.net