On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Greg Eavns wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Just ewondering if someone could point me in the right direction 
> regarding setting up my NetBSD machine with a 1 way cable modem with DHCP 
> address selection.
what is "1 way"?

> 1) netstart.local did not exist in /etc as was shown in the FAQ, so I 
> created one with merely the line 'dhclient sn0'
sounds right.

> 
> 2) created dhclient.conf as shown in the FAQ
sounds right.


> 3) didn't touch the dhclient-script that was already in /etc
also sounds good.

> 
> So I geuss the question is...where do I go from here?
should just be able to reboot and have it go.

> I have not 
> installed any additional software relating to DHCP (so I asusme I will 
> need dhcpd), nor have I seen anywhere where I would make 'similar' 
> settings as to what is on the Mac side...
don't need dhcpd.  Its the server.  You only are a client.  

> 
> The Settings on the Mac side are as follows (for reference if needed)
> 
> TCP/IP Control Panel
> 
> Connect via ethernet
> Configure using DHCP Server
> DHCP Client ID               <-- this is left blank
once you choose "configure using DHCP server", the rest of this stuff
doesn't get used.

> IP address: xxx.164.32.41
> subnet mask 255.255.255.0
> router address: xxx.xxx.xx.40
> name server address: xxx.xxx.xxx.10
>                      xxx.xxx.xxx.19
>                      xxx.xx.xx.51
> Search Domains: my_provider.com
> 

good luck.
-Dan