Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 05:30:47 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: noc@hdk5.net Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to change gateway nic to dhcp Message-ID: <20140703053047.4a63184d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <53B4CCF3.4080404@hdk5.net> References: <53B4CCF3.4080404@hdk5.net>
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On Wed, 02 Jul 2014 17:24:35 -1000, Al Plant wrote: > I have a static gateway that needs to be set to nic interface DHCP on > the outside. It was set static on both sides when the Lan was originally > setup. Is there a file name that I can use and just change to DHCP from > the IP? > > I used to do this when sysinstall was the way to go. Do I use > etc/rc.conf as we used to. or do I have to go into the new BSD Installer? The standard way should still be supported via /etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_<nic>="DHCP" In case you have entered IP-specific things for example to /etc/hosts, make sure there are no conflicts. Otherwise, DHCP should work fine. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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