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Date:      Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:06:10 -0600
From:      Adam Vandemore <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Assigning static ip address
Message-ID:  <49948F42.4090201@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <49947FC4.4000400@diamondbox.dk>
References:  <49947FC4.4000400@diamondbox.dk>

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Nikolaj Thygesen wrote:
> Hi list,
>
>    I've been experimenting and googling for hours w/ no luck. All I 
> want to do is run dhcp and then replace the ip address of the 
> interface with a new static ip afterwards. I've been looking at the 
> /etc/dhclient.conf man pages, but they don't seem to help. I can do it 
> from rc.conf like:
>
>    ifconfig_em0="inet 1.2.3.4"
>
> but then I loose all the other dhcp parameters like dns and stuff. Is 
> it really that hard???
>
>    thanks - Nikolaj
>
Is there a reason you don't set /etc/resolv.conf to static nameservers 
as well?  Also does not fixed-address lease give you what you want?


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Adam Vandemore
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