Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Shane Ambler
On 30/12/2012 07:46, Fbsd8 wrote: The rc.config statement ifconfig_xl0="DHCP" on that PC would function as exspected? DHCP doesn't actually mean that the address will be dynamic - DHCP can give you the same ip address every time it is requested. It simply moves the details of configuration fr

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Robert Bonomi
> Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:09:59 -0500 > From: Fbsd8 > Subject: Re: static ip address and ifconfig > > But lets not get side tracked by something the question is not asking > about. Please Focus on the part of the post you cut out which is asking > about static ip addressees. The short answe

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Fbsd8 writes: > Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> Fbsd8 writes: >> >>> For anyone being a professional company who wants permanent presents >>> on the internet will pay extra fees for static ip >>> address because static ip address never change and this is required for >>> domain name registration. Dynam

Re: Full disk encryption without root partition

2012-12-29 Thread RW
On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:43:29 +0100 Martin Laabs wrote: > Hi, > > >> Are there any plans or is there already support for full > >> disk encryption without the need for a boot partition? > > Well - what would be your benefit? OK - you might not create another > partition but I think this is not th

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Mikel King
On Dec 29, 2012, at 5:52 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: >>> ifconfig_xl0="alias,24.240.xxx.187,24.240.xxx.188,24.240.xxx.189" ifconfig_xl0="inet 24.240.198.186 netmask 0xfff8" ifconfig_xl0_alias0="inet 24.240.198.187 netmask 0xfff8" ifconfig_xl0_alias1="inet 24.240.198.188 netmask 0xfff8" ifconf

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Fbsd8
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Fbsd8 writes: For anyone being a professional company who wants permanent presents on the internet will pay extra fees for static ip address because static ip address never change and this is required for domain name registration. Dynamic ip address are normally assigned

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:52:52 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: > Your talking in general terms which does not help me, I need details. > You said above "Whereas a static IP assignment must be configured > manually by you the human and not the ISP." > > I tried to show this human manual configuration in my abov

Re: Full disk encryption without root partition

2012-12-29 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:43:29 +0100, Martin Laabs wrote: > So from the security point of view it might be a good choice to have a > unencrypted and (hardware) readonly boot partition. To prevent unintended modification by of the boot process's components, an option would be to have the system boot

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Fbsd8
snip previous It still all depends on your configuration, it won't look any different than a static private IP address shows when doing an ifconfig except it will be the public IP. Generally if you have a static IP you will have to set it manually, and it won't get it via DHCP. But I have

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Fbsd8 writes: > For anyone being a professional company who wants permanent presents > on the internet will pay extra fees for static ip > address because static ip address never change and this is required for > domain name registration. Dynamic ip address are normally assigned by the > ISP for

Re: Full disk encryption without root partition

2012-12-29 Thread Martin Laabs
Hi, >> Are there any plans or is there already support for full >> disk encryption without the need for a boot partition? Well - what would be your benefit? OK - you might not create another partition but I think this is not the problem. >From the point of security you would not get any improveme

[solved] Malformed UTF-8 in x11-toolkits/p5-Gtk2

2012-12-29 Thread Martin Laabs
Hi, I am currently building the x11-toolkits/p5-Gtk2 port and get the following errors: --:<-- arsing XS files... Creating stock items POD... Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected end of string) in length at tools/podifystockitems.pl line 52. Malformed UTF-8 ch

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Mikel King
Well generally DHCP and static are mutually exclusive on the same interface. Also bear in mind that DHCP is more comprehensive than a simple address assignment system. In addition a static reservation is not the same thing as a static IP address assignment on an interface. They are similar but d

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Fbsd8
snip previous It still all depends on your configuration, it won't look any different than a static private IP address shows when doing an ifconfig except it will be the public IP. Generally if you have a static IP you will have to set it manually, and it won't get it via DHCP. But I have wor

Re: Full disk encryption without root partition

2012-12-29 Thread Bernt Hansson
2012-12-26 22:17, mhca12 skrev: Are there any plans or is there already support for full disk encryption without the need for a root partition? Not exactly what asked for, but here it is http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=2775 ___ freebsd-que

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Chris Hill
On Sat, 29 Dec 2012, Fbsd8 wrote: [ ... ] My host just has ifconfig_xl0="DHCP" in rc.conf and xl0 is the NIC connected to public internet connection coming from my ISP. In that case, you are not using static IPs. If your ISP has assigned you - as in Poly's example - 123.456.789.1 through 123

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread dweimer
On 2012-12-29 12:45, Fbsd8 wrote: Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:05:30 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Mike Jeays wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:13:32 -0500 Fbsd8 wrote: I don't have static ip address so I can not find out for myself. Lets say I am a company that my ISP has assigned us 25 stat

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Mikel King
It will show you each IP address you have successfully bound to the interface. Using static IP addresses; the choice is yours on which get bound to the interface and which do not where as with DHCP the one chosen by the provider is assigned. If you bind only one then that is what it will show y

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Fbsd8
>>Mikel King wrote: It will show you each IP address you have successfully bound >> to the interface. Using static IP addresses; the choice is yours >> on which get bound to the interface and which do not where as >> with DHCP the one chosen by the provider is assigned. If you bind only one th

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:45:53 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: > For anyone being a professional company who wants permanent presents on > the internet will pay extra fees for static ip > address because static ip address never change and this is required for > domain name registration. Dynamic ip address are n

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Fbsd8
Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:05:30 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Mike Jeays wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:13:32 -0500 Fbsd8 wrote: I don't have static ip address so I can not find out for myself. Lets say I am a company that my ISP has assigned us 25 static ip address. When I issue the if

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:05:30 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: > Mike Jeays wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:13:32 -0500 > > Fbsd8 wrote: > > > >> I don't have static ip address so I can not find out for myself. > >> Lets say I am a company that my ISP has assigned us > >> 25 static ip address. > >> > >> When

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Fbsd8
Mike Jeays wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:13:32 -0500 Fbsd8 wrote: I don't have static ip address so I can not find out for myself. Lets say I am a company that my ISP has assigned us 25 static ip address. When I issue the ifconfig command what will it show me? Just the single primary static

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Mike Jeays
On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:13:32 -0500 Fbsd8 wrote: > I don't have static ip address so I can not find out for myself. > Lets say I am a company that my ISP has assigned us > 25 static ip address. > > When I issue the ifconfig command what will it show me? > > Just the single primary static ip addr

static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Fbsd8
I don't have static ip address so I can not find out for myself. Lets say I am a company that my ISP has assigned us 25 static ip address. When I issue the ifconfig command what will it show me? Just the single primary static ip address or all 25 of them in a list? Thanks __

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plink can not work with serial port

2012-12-29 Thread saeedeh motlagh
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expect doesn't work correctly with cu

2012-12-29 Thread s m
hello every body i want to run cu via expect shell script. when i run my script, cu is running and enter its cli. but when i enter a command (like ~s to set variable) manually , this command doesn't execute and cu cli is closed and bash return an error that this command is not valid. this is my sh