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Date:      Tue, 17 May 2005 01:14:33 -0300
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_de_Paula_Rodrigues?= <espinafre@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.
Message-ID:  <5ef8c2f005051621143a9f4076@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <NFBBJMMIKLKCDJIPOPLFGEPKFNAA.bagus@cox.net>
References:  <NFBBJMMIKLKCDJIPOPLFGEPKFNAA.bagus@cox.net>

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On 5/17/05, Bagus <bagus@cox.net> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I'm using FreeBsd 5.3 and I'm switching to a static ip, but am not sure o=
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> all the syntax.
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> If not, here's what I had in my rc.conf.
> hostname=3D"john"
> ifconfig_fxp0=3D"DHCP"
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> now I'm hoping to have a
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> hostname of  bagus.org
> gateway of 204.251.1.185
> ip address of 204.251.1.186
> netmask of 255.255.255.248
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> I'm guessing I need to change my resolve.conf, too. what does the 'search=
'
> line in there do?
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> Any other considerations?
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> Thanks,
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> Bagus
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> p.s. I can't for the life of me find a simple
> how-to-get-your-freebsd-box-online guide. The handbook seems to only have
> "11.3 Core Configuration" which has a little bit about cluster
> configurations. What's up with that? I just want to get one box online!
>

I use the following on my rc.conf:

ifconfig_xl0=3D"inet 192.168.200.8  netmask 255.255.255.0"
defaultrouter=3D"192.168.200.254"
hostname=3D"uirapuru.pinguim"

HTH.



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