DHCP and rc Questions For FreeBSD 4.10???

[Hakim Z. Singhji]

Hi All,

I've been researching this issue although it may be minor I don't like to rely on the "questions at freebsd.org" unless I have to. I'm sure you understand...anyway, http:www.freebsddiary.com has a tutorial that with info I could not find in "The Complete FreeBSD" or "Absolute BSD". It described two entries; one in dhclient.conf and the other in rc.conf.  See Below:

###########################
dhclient.conf
###########################
interface "dc0"{
send host-name "redgate";
request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, routers, domain-name-servers, domain-name, time-servers;
require domain-name-servers;

###########################
rc.conf
###########################
ifconfig_dc0="DHCP" #IS THIS VARIABLE DECLARATION CASE SENSITIVE???
hostname="redgate"

###########################

The question I have now is if this is all I have to do to get dhcp running at startup? I anyone else has any suggestions they are welcome. Unfortunately I cannot test this until the evening so feedback will be very helpful and will save me some time researching.  Thanks in advance.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Hakim Z. Singhji" <hakim.singhji at earthlink.net>
Sent: Aug 11, 2004 11:24 AM
To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: DHCP and rc Questions For FreeBSD 4.10???

Hi All,

I have installed FreeBSD 4.10 to serve as a headless gateway/router/firewall/NAT. The first problem that I have run into can probably be resolved easily. I tried to configure my NIC card via sysinstaller.  However, rc.conf does not have a startup variable for "dc0". Therefore dhclient is inoperable.

I built this box to be headless therefore it is low-tech with no floppy or flash drive and is currently a stand-alone machine so I am not able to copy the rc.conf file to this post. "dc0" is working because I can bring its status to active manually: 'root at redgate% ifconfig dc0 ether up'.

I was wondering what what variables should be assigned to rc.conf, the related variables I have thus far are:

##########################
ifconfig_dc0="dhcp"
dhcp_program="/sbin/dhclient"
dhcp_flags=" "
##########################

It would be appreciated if someone could attach or copy an rc.conf file for a similar system configuration. Thanks in advance.

HZS

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