From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 26 15:32:47 2005 Return-Path: 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 3A9B816A4CE for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:32:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grog.secure-computing.net (grog.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.241]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A347143D31 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:32:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from [192.168.1.116] (c-66-41-157-209.mn.client2.attbi.com [66.41.157.209]) (authenticated bits=0)j1QFWTrH020830; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 09:32:29 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) In-Reply-To: <20050225222750.GA59300@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050225125247.02e6d948@mail.face2interface.com> <20050225222750.GA59300@osiris.chen.org.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric F Crist Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 09:32:18 -0600 To: Jonathan Chen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL,RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL autolearn=no version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on grog.secure-computing.net cc: Marty Landman cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:32:47 -0000 On Feb 25, 2005, at 4:27 PM, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 04:16:40PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > > [...] >> Here's the problem, hope the preceding is a good background to it. >> Find >> that the IP address for the 5.3 box gets changed on a fairly regular >> basis >> by (I guess) my xp gateway so that I then have to change the gateway >> hosts >> file, the 5.3 hosts file and 5.3 rc.conf file. >> >> The 4.8 box's IP addr has been stable. >> >> Any idea where I start to fix this? Would like the 5.3 box's IP addr >> to >> remain stable as well. > > This has nothing to do with the FreeBSD boxes, but rather a > configuration issue with your DHCP server. The DHCP server can be > configured so that it will always give the same IP for a particular > NIC. Talk to your admin about it. > -- The other thing you could try would be to set a static IP on your workstations... HTH _______________________________________________________ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson