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Subject: Re: Instructing dhclient to set hostname of client
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Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
> Doug Barton wrote:
>> If you're talking about a laptop where you're not sure what the DHCP 
>> server is going to send you, then I have this in /etc/rc.local:
> 
> Hi, Doug.
> 
> What you think about adding a new feature to dhclient - Alternate IP 
> Configuration. This configuration can be specified in dhclient.conf
> and take effect when a DHCP server not respond. MS Windows have a
> similar feature.

I think making FreeBSD more like Windows is a bad idea. :)

Doug

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