From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 20 1:10:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-1.sjc.telocity.net (mail-1.sjc.telocity.net [216.227.56.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0940C37BC0F for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2000 01:10:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from otterr@telocity.com) Received: from dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com (dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com [216.227.91.85]) by mail-1.sjc.telocity.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA17508; Thu, 20 Jul 2000 01:09:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 04:12:23 +0000 (GMT) From: Otter To: Doug Barton Cc: Tech Support Guy , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need simple instructions to build port... In-Reply-To: <3976A67A.6AF745D@gorean.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG there's a default client built in, as of 3.x. Look into /sbin/dhclient. as for ports, there's no need to be nervous. go read http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports.html. enjoy. -Otter On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Doug Barton wrote: > Tech Support Guy wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I'm working on getting my BSD machine hooked up to my > > cable modem, and it looks like the last thing I need > > to do is install and configure a DHCP client. > > The DHCP client will be the first "port" that I've > > needed to install, and I've been nervous about this > > because I haven't found any simple instructions to do > > so. Everything I've seen about the subject is either > > too simple or too advanced. If someone could refer me > > to an existing resource that would assist me in > > understanding this process, or write up a simple > > walkthrough I'm sure that others would benefit from it > > http://freebsd.simplenet.com/ > > Good luck, > > Doug > > > 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