From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 29 6:46:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lh10.opsion.fr (lh10.opsion.fr [212.73.208.236]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1B4FE37B6A7 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 06:46:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from 212.68.216.190 [212.68.216.190] by lh10.opsion.fr; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 14:50:11 GMT From: seppludwig@isuisse.com To: Conrad Sabatier Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 15:45:42 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Client DHCP connection to Internet (WAS: freebi question: DH Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <3A759026.27775.C288AB@localhost> In-reply-to: References: <3A73E852.21340.222561@localhost> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12cFR) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > On 28-Jan-01 seppludwig@isuisse.com wrote: > > I've changed the subject line to draw attention to my problem. > > > > It may seem like a simple problem - but for me it is a basic and > > vital problem - after all what use is it if I lose the lease half the > > time ??? > > > > If you need more info - please ask!! > > I'm using a cable modem myself, with Cox@Home. Here's my /etc/dhclient.conf: > > > # $FreeBSD: src/etc/dhclient.conf,v 1.2 1999/08/27 23:23:41 peter Exp $ > # > # This file is required by the ISC DHCP client. > # See ``man 5 dhclient.conf'' for details. > # > # In most cases an empty file is suffient for most people as the > # defaults are usually fine. > # > > interface "fxp0" { > send host-name "cx344940-a"; > prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1; > } > > "fxp0" is my Intel Etherexpress card, "cx344940-a" is the hostname Cox gave me > when I signed up, and, since I'm running a local nameserver, I want to make > sure it (127.0.0.1) gets listed first in /etc/resolv.conf. > > The really critical element, I think, is sending your hostname. > > Hope this helps. > > -- > Conrad Sabatier > cjsabatier@home.com I do not know what my host name is... my provoder (the company I pay) is Brutele.be, and the system sticks .brutele.be (DOT brutele DOT be) in as my host - I'm not sure that that is correct: Netscape brought me the error: "warning: the host .brutele.be is unknown" reagrds sepp ______________________________________________________________________________ ifrance.com, l'email gratuit le plus complet de l'Internet ! vos emails depuis un navigateur, en POP3, sur Minitel, sur le WAP... http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/email.emailif To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message