From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 13 8:33:35 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E56B37B404 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:33:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8646943F75 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:33:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scott@fishballoon.org) Received: from fishballoon.org ([81.104.195.199]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.37 201-229-121-137-20020806) with ESMTP id <20030313163330.IRAO6166.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@fishballoon.org>; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:33:30 +0000 Received: from tuatara.fishballoon.org (tuatara [192.168.1.6]) by fishballoon.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h2DGWo9A032504; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:32:50 GMT (envelope-from scott@tuatara.fishballoon.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.fishballoon.org (8.12.7/8.12.6/Submit) id h2DGWoLX078999; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:32:50 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:32:50 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Rodney Salomon Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Connecting FreeBSD to my home network.. Message-ID: <20030313163250.GA78931@tuatara.fishballoon.org> References: <20030313154821.86211.qmail@web20309.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030313154821.86211.qmail@web20309.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.8-PRERELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:48:21AM -0800, Rodney Salomon wrote: > Im trying to connect my FreeBSD machine to my Linksys > Router. Tried searching for some info on connecting > FBSD to an existing network. Does anyone have more > info on this? Url? Probably all you need to do is add a line: ifconfig_foo="DHCP" to your /etc/rc.conf file (replace foo with the name of your Ethernet interface, of course). DHCP should pick up all the necessary settings from the Linksys. Cheers, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott at fishballoon.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message