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Date:      Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:32:50 +0000
From:      Scott Mitchell <scott+freebsd@fishballoon.org>
To:        Rodney Salomon <rstunna1@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Connecting FreeBSD to my home network..
Message-ID:  <20030313163250.GA78931@tuatara.fishballoon.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030313154821.86211.qmail@web20309.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20030313154821.86211.qmail@web20309.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:48:21AM -0800, Rodney Salomon wrote:
> Im trying to connect my FreeBSD machine to my Linksys
> Router.  Tried searching for some info on connecting
> FBSD to an existing network.  Does anyone have more
> info on this?  Url?

Probably all you need to do is add a line:

	ifconfig_foo="DHCP"

to your /etc/rc.conf file (replace foo with the name of your Ethernet
interface, of course).  DHCP should pick up all the necessary settings from
the Linksys.

Cheers,

	Scott

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