From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 11 14: 0:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FCF9150C0 for ; Tue, 11 May 1999 14:00:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Tue, 11 May 1999 17:00:48 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105897@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'Matthew Amelin' Cc: "FreeBSD Mailing List (E-mail)" Subject: RE: question on LAN SETUP Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 17:02:17 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Both.. there is a gateway line for your gateway IP. I was stating that there is also a place in /etc/rc.conf for you machine's ip address. How do you assign ips? DHCP? In that case you'll have to install one of the DHCP ports and install that, at which point DHCP usually automatically configures IP address, gateway address, and DNS addresses for you. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Amelin [SMTP:Matthew_Amelin@alpinecsi.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 4:58 PM > To: ChrisMic@clientlogic.com > Subject: RE: question on LAN SETUP > > Also, you put the ip address of the machine in the /etc/rc.conf, in the > ifconfig lines for your network interface. > > my ip or the default gateway? / by the way we are dynamically assigned > ip's > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message