changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.
José de Paula Rodrigues
espinafre at gmail.com
Mon May 16 21:14:39 PDT 2005
On 5/17/05, Bagus <bagus at cox.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using FreeBsd 5.3 and I'm switching to a static ip, but am not sure of
> all the syntax.
>
> If not, here's what I had in my rc.conf.
> hostname="john"
> ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP"
>
> now I'm hoping to have a
>
> hostname of bagus.org
> gateway of 204.251.1.185
> ip address of 204.251.1.186
> netmask of 255.255.255.248
>
> I'm guessing I need to change my resolve.conf, too. what does the 'search'
> line in there do?
>
> Any other considerations?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bagus
>
> p.s. I can't for the life of me find a simple
> how-to-get-your-freebsd-box-online guide. The handbook seems to only have
> "11.3 Core Configuration" which has a little bit about cluster
> configurations. What's up with that? I just want to get one box online!
>
I use the following on my rc.conf:
ifconfig_xl0="inet 192.168.200.8 netmask 255.255.255.0"
defaultrouter="192.168.200.254"
hostname="uirapuru.pinguim"
HTH.
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