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Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 12:38:41 -0400
From: Tomas Quintero <tomasq@gmail.com>
To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Testing a DHCP server without jeopardizing my IP configuration?
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On 5/30/05, Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to test the DHCP server, without
> running dhclient and thus without losing my FreeBSD
> system's IP configuration?

I'm just throwing a random idea out here, I have no clue if it'd
actually work, but what about putting an alias in your rc.conf and
setting it to pull its IP from DHCP?

--=20
-Tomas Quintero