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From: mikk0022@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Christoph L Mikkelson)
Subject: Dynamic IP addresses under FreeBSD?
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  Is there any way that I could set up FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 to accept a 
dynamically allocated IP address?  I'm trying to connect to a SLIP 
server, and I would have to go through a fair amount of trouble to 
statically allocate an address.

Thanks,
-Chris