From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 26 16:14:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA01556 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 16:14:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cedb.dpcsys.com (cedb.dpcsys.com [206.16.184.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA01466 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 16:14:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dpcsys.com) Received: from localhost (dan@localhost) by cedb.dpcsys.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) with SMTP id AAA02891; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 00:14:21 GMT Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 16:14:21 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow To: Steve Saletta cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP Support In-Reply-To: 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 On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Steve Saletta wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD on my machine over FTP through our Ethernet. > Unfortunately, we have dynamic IP addresses and use DHCP. The instalation > program is not taking this very well, and is refusing to resolve any > hostnames. > > Does FreeBSD have DHCP client support? Once you install the system you can add either ISC DHCP or WIDE DHCP Both have FreeBSD clients, I prefer ISC. For the installation you'll need to specify a static IP. Just choose one that is on the net but either not part of any DHCP pool or unlikely to be in use at the moment. Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net 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