From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 16 1: 9:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 233dul102.bresnanlink.net (233dul102.bresnanlink.net [206.11.233.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9953337BE78 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:09:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sjohn@233dul102.bresnanlink.net) Received: (from sjohn@localhost) by 233dul102.bresnanlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA04277 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 03:09:53 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from sjohn) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 03:09:53 -0600 From: Scott Johnson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dhcp configuration Message-ID: <20000316030952.A3942@lovano.tmtowtdi.org> Reply-To: tmtowtdi@mailandnews.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from rjoseph@nwlink.com on Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 11:57:02PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message