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From: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net>
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To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jul 2014 17:24:35 -1000, Al Plant wrote:
>> I have a static gateway that needs to be set to nic interface DHCP on 
>> the outside. It was set static on both sides when the Lan was originally 
>> setup. Is there a file name that I can use and just change to DHCP from 
>> the IP?
>>
>> I used to do this when sysinstall was the way to go. Do I use 
>> etc/rc.conf as we used to. or do I have to go into the new BSD Installer?
> 
> The standard way should still be supported via /etc/rc.conf:
> 
> 	ifconfig_<nic>="DHCP"
> 
> In case you have entered IP-specific things for example to
> /etc/hosts, make sure there are no conflicts. Otherwise,
> DHCP should work fine.
> 
> 
> 
Thanks Poly,

This is what I thought.
:)

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