From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 19 18:35: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from java.dpcsys.com (java.dpcsys.com [206.16.184.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E603B115C8 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 18:34:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dpcsys.com) Received: from localhost (dan@localhost) by java.dpcsys.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id SAA02831; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 18:33:04 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 18:33:04 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow To: Chris Hill Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stupid networking question - dynamic IP In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Chris Hill wrote: > The local cable TV company will be offering "cable modem" service here > soon, with the promise of enormously faster speeds. The cable modem > connects via 10baseT ethernet. However, they do not offer static IP > addresses. > > Question: is it possible to configure an ethernet card to use a > server-assigned IP address? "Man ifconfig" doesn't mention this topic at > all. Yes. You'll need a DHCP client. See ISC DHCP 2 in the ports Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 Dana Point Communications, Inc. dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message