On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:04:38PM +0000, Glenn Becker wrote: > > 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.
My quick anxiety-reliever in these situations is always grep. Something like grep -rn 12.34.56.789 /etc/* using your old IP will find orphaned mentions. Someone wiser will give you a real answer... -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]