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From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How to get ip address automatically from different dhcp server
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On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:49 PM, dave jones <s.dave.jones@gmail.com> wrote:

> I cat get an IP address from dhcp server by adding the line in
> /etc/rc.conf:
>
> ifconfig_em0="DHCP"
>
> If I move my laptop to another place, I have to manually run "dhclient em0"
> to get an IP. Otherwise, it won't get an IP automatically.
>
> My question is it's possible to get ip address automatically from different
> dhcp server? thanks.
>

devd does this.  See /etc/devd.conf

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Adam Vande More