Assigning static ip address
Adam Vandemore
amvandemore at gmail.com
Thu Feb 12 13:06:15 PST 2009
Nikolaj Thygesen wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I've been experimenting and googling for hours w/ no luck. All I
> want to do is run dhcp and then replace the ip address of the
> interface with a new static ip afterwards. I've been looking at the
> /etc/dhclient.conf man pages, but they don't seem to help. I can do it
> from rc.conf like:
>
> ifconfig_em0="inet 1.2.3.4"
>
> but then I loose all the other dhcp parameters like dns and stuff. Is
> it really that hard???
>
> thanks - Nikolaj
>
Is there a reason you don't set /etc/resolv.conf to static nameservers
as well? Also does not fixed-address lease give you what you want?
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Adam Vandemore
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