Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 15:06:38 +0100 From: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> To: Frank Altpeter <frank@altpeter.de> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, kalin@el.net, cristiano.deana@gmail.com, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhclient in 6.0 Message-ID: <20060203150638.25784e85.lists@yazzy.org> In-Reply-To: <20060203133917.GK44469@pegasus.dyndns.info> References: <52993.24.90.33.115.1138913403.squirrel@mail.el.net> <59391.24.90.33.115.1138965018.squirrel@mail.el.net> <20060203124325.5f512537.lists@yazzy.org> <57854.24.90.33.115.1138967941.squirrel@mail.el.net> <d8a4930a0602030429q50f6aa39o@mail.gmail.com> <54176.24.90.33.115.1138971301.squirrel@mail.el.net> <20060203130241.GJ44469@pegasus.dyndns.info> <20060203143355.088d2db0.lists@yazzy.org> <20060203133917.GK44469@pegasus.dyndns.info>
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On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 14:39:19 +0100 Frank Altpeter <frank@altpeter.de> wrote: > Hi there, > > Marcin Jessa wrote on 2006-02-03 at 14:33:55 CET: > > On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 14:02:41 +0100 > > Frank Altpeter <frank@altpeter.de> wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > kalin mintchev wrote on 2006-02-03 at 13:55:01 CET: > > > > > 2006/2/3, make stuff up <kalin@el.net>: > > > > > > > > > >> thank you... does that mean back to 5.4 for now? > > > > > > > > > > Try install /usr/ports/net/isc-dhcp3-client/ > > > > > > > > without a connection? > > > > > > try to manually ifconfig your fxp0 - this should work. > > > > Son't be silly. What if you dont know what IP you will get from the > > lease? That's what working implementation of DHCP is for... > > Take one IP that is free (e.g. doesn't ping) ? The plain presence of a > dhcp server doesn't mean that you're unable to use static > configuration. What if you take your laptop to an university to hold a lecture and you are unable to run dhcp? None of the students know of the IPs avaliable in the range. Some systems disallow traffic unless your MAC-address is registered in their database. Then they open up their firewall for you. Etc, etc... Use your imagination.
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