Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 14:47:16 +0200 From: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Simple Network Question Message-ID: <407E8454.5060701@elvandar.org> In-Reply-To: <1291.217.162.71.141.1082032552.squirrel@serv04.inetworx.ch> References: <1291.217.162.71.141.1082032552.squirrel@serv04.inetworx.ch>
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dev@eth0.ch wrote: > Hi all, > > I am more or less new to FreeBSD and used to Linux. I have setup a server > on FreeBSD at home using DHCP. Now I want to move the server into our > housing environment with fixed IP's. > > I found in the docs to change the network configuration I have to assign > the new IP and netmask in /etc/rc.conf to my network card. > > Am I also right assinging new servers for DNS lookups in /etc/resolv.conf > using this syntax? > > nameserver IP-Address > > But where can I set the default gateway address? Hi Dev! That's also defined in /etc/rc.conf configured as defaultrouter="ipadres" The syntax for /etc/resolv.conf is correct, and yeah since dhcp does not give you any dns servers any more you need to fill them in yourself. Cheers :-) -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder Elvandar.org/DSINet.org www.mostly-harmless.nl A Dutch community for helping newcomers on the hackerscene
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