I have three computers currently running on a cable modem with a Cable/DSL
Router sitting between the modem and the computers. All the computers were
automatically configured on installation with local IP addresses
(192.***.***.* ) and the router handling the IP configuration with the
cable modem.
I have FreeBSD, Linux and Windows on these computers and both FreeBSD and
Linux were installed via FTP, through the router with no problems.
If you can, get a router. Unless you're running a server on your system, I
doubt you'll see any effect when the leases are updated...about once a week.
RJ
>> I have a cable modem, that up untill now I have been using a static
>> configuration for my network card. However my ISP is doing some
>> restructuring and claims that static configurations will nolonger be
>> suppported. How do i get the DHCP client in Free BSD 4.3-release to
> send
>> first the computers name. Under windows I would enter a specified
> computer
>> name, then windows would send that automatically to the DHCP server
> and
>> recive a reply for the configuration information, but in BSD i don't
> know
>> how to do this, any and all help would be appreciated.
> Add a line like this to /etc/dhclient.conf:
> interface "ed0" { send host-name "C1391771-A"; }
> You want to change the interface and host name as appropriate. My IP
> address hasn't actually changed in a long time (i.e. never), but this is
> dhclient.conf for more info.
> JN
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