ifconfig

[John Pettitt]

Gert Cuykens wrote:

>On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:27:02 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas
><keramida at ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
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>>On 2005-03-23 01:07, Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>How do you tell a device for example nv0 to be dhcp without using rc.conf ?
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>>By manually calling the dhclient(8) utility.
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>>>Also how do you do a ipconfig /renew in freebsd ?
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>>I don't know what an `ipconfig /renew' does, so no idea about this one.
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>thx dhclient works :) I now have inet 0.0.0.0
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>How do you tell nv0 to release and renew its dhcp adress ?
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man dhclient

     "  The  client  normally  doesn't  release  the current lease as it
is not
       required by the DHCP protocol.  Some cable ISPs require  their 
clients
       to  notify  the  server if they wish to release an assigned IP
address.
       The -r flag explicitly releases the current lease, and once  the 
lease
       has been released, the client exits."