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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:17:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Rodney Salomon <rstunna1@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Connecting FreeBSD to my home network..
To: Scott Mitchell <scott+freebsd@fishballoon.org>
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This line is in my /etc/rc.conf file .... could it be
something else?

--- Scott Mitchell <scott+freebsd@fishballoon.org>
wrote:
> 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
> 
> -- 
>
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