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Subject: Re: Assigning static ip address
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Nikolaj Thygesen wrote:
> Hi list,
>
>    I've been experimenting and googling for hours w/ no luck. All I 
> want to do is run dhcp and then replace the ip address of the 
> interface with a new static ip afterwards. I've been looking at the 
> /etc/dhclient.conf man pages, but they don't seem to help. I can do it 
> from rc.conf like:
>
>    ifconfig_em0="inet 1.2.3.4"
>
> but then I loose all the other dhcp parameters like dns and stuff. Is 
> it really that hard???
>
>    thanks - Nikolaj
>
Is there a reason you don't set /etc/resolv.conf to static nameservers 
as well?  Also does not fixed-address lease give you what you want?


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