Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:33:57 -0500 From: wc_fbsd@xxiii.com To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com,freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: DHCPD config Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20060401142722.02fe8ab0@mailsvr.xxiii.com> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGIEMOHDAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> References: <44y7yqfmni.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGIEMOHDAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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At 04:43 PM 3/31/2006, you wrote:
>Your saying that dhcp client has no built in way to communicate to
>dhcpd the dns ip address it receives at boot time or during the
>normal lease update process?
Not that I've seen. The script is pretty one-minded. Impression I
get is you're expected to edit it to your requirements.
>Well I looked at that script code and it's way above my ability to
>write script code at that level.
I'm pretty lousy at shell programming, but I managed to hack mine up
as needed. Well, really just commented out all the stuff that mods
resolv.conf and the routing. It's not all that complex as scripts go.
>other suggestion of adding my own LAN DNS server is over kill
>because my LAN just has 2 pc's on it and the only purpose of the LAN
>is to share a single dynamic IP address from my ISP.
If that's all you're using the machine for, I'd suggest using
IP-Cop: www.ipcop.org It's Linux, not BSD, but it's a very
impressive near "turn key" firewall / nat router. Or you could hit
Best Buy for a $40 Linksys box.
-Wayne
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