looking at manual page for rc.conf
Jeffry Killen
jekillen at prodigy.net
Mon May 18 20:40:48 UTC 2015
I am looking at the manual page for rc.conf and am wondering
how I would specify default router address when using DHCP?
I don't see any further explicit elucidations beyond the text quoted
below.
text from man page:
It is possible to bring up an interface with DHCP by adding ``DHCP''
to the ifconfig_<interface> variable.
For instance, to initialize the ed0 device via DHCP, it is possible to
use something like:
ifconfig_ed0="DHCP"
actually, I have
ifconfig_em0="DHCP"
Is the router address something that DHCP will figure out?
This interface will be for connection to internet via DSL modem
ISP is CenturyLink.
or alternately, suppose I want to assign a static address to interface
that would connect to internet via DSL modem.
ifconfig_em0="inet 192.168.0.4 netmask 255.255.255.0"
When the router is at 192.168.0.1, how would this be specified.
I have also looked at ifconfig(8) and have found anything.
I have also had the kernel complain via a shell script set to
run in
I am also concerned about setting up tcp wrappers with inetd
to forestal possible attempts to access via telnet, ssh, ftp and
even MySql server (as I have seen frequently when I had static
ip address service). This I have done when I did have static ip
service. But with fire wall in DSL modem and DHCP configuration
is it useful and advantageous?
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