Hi all -
I just moved from the NY metro area to the Boston metro area, and in the
process changed ISPs. My service is now significantly faster and cheaper,
but my account now assigns IPs dynamically -- previously, I'd had a static
IP.
I have the /option/ with the new provider to get a static IP but I decided
to try the DHCP thing since the static is an extra charge ... all I have
done is add the line "exec dhclient" to /etc/rc.local. Now, this _works_,
but I don't know that it is the best solution and I suspect I may have
config files in there with the old IP/gate/and so forth numbers in them.
It has been so long since I set that networking up that I've kind of
forgotten the Best Way to Do It ... and the best way to clean it up and
switch over to something else.
Can someone point me toward a good doc to read on this, or let me know if
I am going about this in an absurdly inelegant way. Like I say, it works
but I don't know that it is as good as it could be.
Maybe I'm worrying it too much.
Thanks,
GB
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Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
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