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.
Maybe I'm worrying it too much.
Thanks,
GB