Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 03:09:53 -0600 From: Scott Johnson <tmtowtdi@mailandnews.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dhcp configuration Message-ID: <20000316030952.A3942@lovano.tmtowtdi.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003152354190.219-100000@mammalia.sea>; from rjoseph@nwlink.com on Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 11:57:02PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003152354190.219-100000@mammalia.sea>
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On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 11:57:02PM -0800, R Joseph Wright wrote:
> When connecting via ethernet to an ISP using dhcp with the
> /stand/sysinstall menu, what IP address do I give to ed0? Or do I just
> leave that blank since I will have an IP address dynamically assigned?
>
Try just putting "DCHP" there. Sysinstall puts your non-default config
data in /etc/rc.conf. The ifconfig_{interface} line is used by rc.network
to set up the interface. It checks for that string, and if it's present
sets up the dhcp client.
Scott
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