From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 17 22:07:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA21980 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:07:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA21908 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:07:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA05034; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:36:52 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:36:52 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Dave cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: does freebsd support dynamic ip addressing??? In-Reply-To: <01BD0B18.3D651FC0@dialup3.shighway.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Dave wrote: > does freebsd support dynamic ip addressing??? Yes; I have a dynamic IP. > i have trouble getting any operating system but windows95 on the net > because most of them don't support dynamic ip addressing... > > i would like to have any information that you have on this topic... > plus any info on freeBSD in general... > like full text based books... pics.. and stuff about irc... On this topic, it's just a matter of setting up one file with the right 2 lines; they're there in the sample file that comes with the system. In general, FreeBSD is just a basic BSD-style UNIX OS for PC platform. There's a book, The Complete FreeBSD (someone jump in with publishing info), there's the web page (http://www.freebsd.org) which has a lot of information, including the Handbook and a FAQ, and information on how to install and what the involves. > > thank you for your time > sportsman@shighway.com > Hope it helps!! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*