Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:24:23 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting DNS from DHCP IP address Message-ID: <42B1DFF7.3000003@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20050616194046.GA77362@skytracker.ca> References: <20050616185053.GA57490@skytracker.ca> <42B1D1AA.9080508@mac.com> <20050616194046.GA77362@skytracker.ca>
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David Banning wrote:
>> DHCP will normally obtain DNS servers automaticly. It's likely that you
>> could release and renew your lease ("dhclient -r", maybe?) and cause it to
>> get new DNS info if the old values are no longer working.
>
> Here may be the answer. I think of DHCP of being a server thing only,
> to win boxes. I hadn't considered using dhclient on the freebsd host.
> I will look into this. It sounds like the answer.
>
> Thanks -
You're welcome.
>> "Trawn-nah?"
>
> spoken like a true native -
:-)
[ If we've mystified anyone, people actually from Toronto use only two
syllables. Although I'm not from there, actually, I was born in a place called
"Wooster" which is spelled "Worchester", so I've needed to pay attention to
this issue from early on. ]
--
-Chuck
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