Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 18:33:04 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Chris Hill <jchill@gueuze.dgsys.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stupid networking question - dynamic IP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990219183226.1804A-100000@java.dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9902191902070.1101-100000@gueuze.dgsys.com>
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On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Chris Hill wrote: > The local cable TV company will be offering "cable modem" service here > soon, with the promise of enormously faster speeds. The cable modem > connects via 10baseT ethernet. However, they do not offer static IP > addresses. > > Question: is it possible to configure an ethernet card to use a > server-assigned IP address? "Man ifconfig" doesn't mention this topic at > all. Yes. You'll need a DHCP client. See ISC DHCP 2 in the ports Dan -- Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 Dana Point Communications, Inc. dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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