Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.

2005-05-16 Thread José de Paula Rodrigues
On 5/17/05, Foo Ji-Haw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This brings to mind a question, I've been wanting to ask: > > How does one get the system to read the rc.conf changes without > rebooting the system? > Just restart the appropriate service (usually found in /etc/rc.d or /usr/local/etc/rc.d). __

Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.

2005-05-16 Thread Foo Ji-Haw
This brings to mind a question, I've been wanting to ask: How does one get the system to read the rc.conf changes without rebooting the system? José de Paula Rodrigues wrote: On 5/17/05, Bagus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I'm using FreeBsd 5.3 and I'm switching to a static ip, but am not sur

Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.

2005-05-16 Thread José de Paula Rodrigues
I forgot to say, my router is configured as a DNS proxy (probably the default in your setup, too), so I put its address on /etc/resolv.conf: nameserver 192.168.200.254 "man resolv.conf" should enlighten you about what the "search" option does; I don't need it, so my whole resolv.conf file consis

Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.

2005-05-16 Thread José de Paula Rodrigues
On 5/17/05, Bagus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm using FreeBsd 5.3 and I'm switching to a static ip, but am not sure of > all the syntax. > > If not, here's what I had in my rc.conf. > hostname="john" > ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP" > > now I'm hoping to have a > > hostname of bagus.org >

Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.

2005-05-16 Thread Olivier Nicole
> now I'm hoping to have a > > hostname of bagus.org > gateway of 204.251.1.185 > ip address of 204.251.1.186 > netmask of 255.255.255.248 in /etc/rc.conf ifconfig_fxp0="inet 204.251.1.186 netmask 255.255.255.248" defaultrouter="204.251.1.185" hostname="bagus.org" in /etc/resolv.conf dunno,

changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.

2005-05-16 Thread Bagus
Hi, I'm using FreeBsd 5.3 and I'm switching to a static ip, but am not sure of all the syntax. If not, here's what I had in my rc.conf. hostname="john" ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP" now I'm hoping to have a hostname of bagus.org gateway of 204.251.1.185 ip address of 204.251.1.186 netmask of 255.255.2