Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 09:16:09 -0400 From: "Matthew Amelin" <Matthew_Amelin@alpinecsi.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP client configuration Message-ID: <8525676F.004870B4.00@leia.alpinecsi.com>
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sorry I did't tell you I am using 3.0 - release #0 also in starting the dhclient in /etc/rc.local . there is no refrence in the file do i manually add the line(S)? do you have any sample configurations? I am still a bit confused? Please help "I will NEVER give up!" I set up FREEBSD as a server at my house and everything works great But is different using DHCP and I am still unsure. Thankyou for everything! ---------------------- Forwarded by Matthew Amelin on 05/12/99 09:12 AM --------------------------- Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr on 05/12/99 08:50:46 AM Please respond to thierry.herbelot@alcatel.fr To: Matthew Amelin cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP client configuration (WAS : no subject) Hello, DHCP will by itself configure the IP address, the subnet mask and the default gateway of your Ethernet interface. You MUST NOT set anything by hand via ifconfig (IP address / netmask), as DHCP will set these by itself. The configuration of a dhcp client is quite straightforward in recent versions of FreeBSD : the main thing to do is to remember starting the dhclient in /etc/rc.local anyway, there are man pages (on a 3.1-Stable machine) : pc-mcs1:/usr/home/herbelot (382) ->apropos dhcp dhclient-script(8) - DHCP client network configuration script dhclient.conf(5) - DHCP client configuration file dhclient.leases(5) - DHCP client lease database dhcp-options(5) - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol options pc-mcs1:/usr/home/herbelot (383) -> TfH PS : for more comprehensive answers, you should give the version of your OS (output of uname -a) and the list of peripheral of your machine (cat /var/run/dmesg.boot is ok) Matthew Amelin wrote: > > I am tring to set up my laptop so I can browse the internet from work > I put my default gateway in the defaultrouter "0.0.0.0" in my rc.conf > and my nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf > and when I try to ping my gate way I get > /kernel : arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for "mygatewayaddress" 14rt > > My company is using DHCP then what would be my inet address that I specify > for my nic card? > > please help > is there somthing i am missing? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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