Re: I may be on the wrong list (NetBSD noob), sorry. Help?

["Brian A. Seklecki (Mobile)" <bseklecki%collaborativefusion.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 19:25 -0600, s. keeling wrote:
> /etc/myname and /etc/mygate to enable DHCP.  I've never seen

That is all old legacy style.  rc.conf(5) is all you need.  man pages
are very comprehensive in *BSD.  check /etc/defaults/rc.conf to glean a
lot of knowledge.  

http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?rc.conf++NetBSD-current

sudo vim /etc/rc.conf and add:

 hostname="solaris.is.as.dead.as.a.greek.poet"
 dhclient=YES
 dhclient_flags="if_name"

sudo /etc/rc.d/network restart

~BAS




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