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Subject: Re: FreeBSD in VMWare box
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Derek Ragona wrote:

> You can have the FreeBSD just use DHCP to get network settings.
> 
>         -Derek

And the magic incantation for that is:

if0="DHCP"

   in /etc/rc.conf, where "if0" is the ID string for
the interface you wish to configure automatically.

HTH,

Kevin Kinsey
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