On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 07:59 +0200, Peter Boosten wrote: > Chad Perrin wrote: > > I have a couple of niggling little, er, "quirks" that I'd like to get > > sorted out on my FreeBSD Thinkpad. > > > > 2. For some reason, if I use DHCP at all then want to switch back to my > > static IP setup, I have to restart the computer to get it to access the > > Internet. I haven't been able to figure out why. If I recall > > correctly, I can switch to static IP on bge0 and access other systems > > on the network, but I can't do anything related to the Internet. Yes, > > by the way, I am checking to make sure the contents of resolv.conf are > > correct. > > > > Check your default gateway when switching from DHCP to static. IIRC a > /etc/rc.d/netif stop/start will recreate the default route. > > Peter
Not as I recall though. You will need to do a /etc/rc.d/routing restart if your default router changes. The only time you might not need it is when your routes are setup via DHCP.
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