Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:40:46 -0400 From: David Banning <david+dated+1119382846.d4a363@skytracker.ca> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting DNS from DHCP IP address Message-ID: <20050616194046.GA77362@skytracker.ca> In-Reply-To: <42B1D1AA.9080508@mac.com> References: <20050616185053.GA57490@skytracker.ca> <42B1D1AA.9080508@mac.com>
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> >Is there a way to get DNS automatically, say from the DHCP connection IP
> >address given to me? or, is there some great free DNS server that will
> >stay in business for some time that I can plug into my resolv.conf?
>
> DHCP will normally obtain DNS servers automaticly. It's likely that you
> could release and renew your lease ("dhclient -r", maybe?) and cause it to
> get new DNS info if the old values are no longer working.
Here may be the answer. I think of DHCP of being a server thing only,
to win boxes. I hadn't considered using dhclient on the freebsd host.
I will look into this. It sounds like the answer.
Thanks -
> "Trawn-nah?"
spoken like a true native -
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