from Daniel Nebdal: > Ethernet without DHCP is fairly doable. > Assuming that the network is 192.168.0.x , that .100 is free, and your > router has .1 : > ifconfig re0 192.168.0.100/24 > route add default 192.168.0.1 > As for DNS, I'd suggest checking on another machine what servers you get > from DHCP. For each one, add a line like > nameserver 8.8.8.8 > to /etc/resolv.conf .
I think I'll try something like that: good to know how. On Slackware Linux I did, as best I remember: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 route add default 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 route add default gw 192.168.1.254 dev eth0 So it looks like I only need two lines in FreeBSD or NetBSD. Subsequently, after running several live CDs and seeing how easy it was with DHCP, I switched to DHCP on one Slackware upgrade. I could copy from /etc/resolv.conf on other computer where re is good with Realtek 8111E Ethernet, or I could copy from NetBSD-current amd64 /etc/resolv.conf. If I fail with manual setup on FreeBSD, as is likely because of bug in re driver, I could try with NetBSD just to verify that my ifconfig and route commands are correct, or I could try with NetBSD first to see if I have the correct commands. When I was with BellSouth, then ATT Fastaccess DSL, DSL modem-router IP address was 192.168.1.254 . Tom _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
