.. use avahi or some other multicast DNS setup; have boxes announce their current host that way?
Adrian On 3 December 2012 08:05, Chris H <chris#@1command.com> wrote: > Greetings, > I've always maintained at least a /24 since the early 80's. > I'm now evaluating a new ISP, and am not ready to commit. Until then I'll be > forced to use DHCP. My problem is that they are really mercenary about their > lease(s) -- ~24hrs! So, given that I am treating the assigned IP(s) as > pseudo-static, > I would prefer not to bounce the box(es). > I currently bounce them alternating rc & hosts, etc. I can easily switch > configs > "on the fly" by restarting network & related services, but am looking for a > _graceful_ way to re-start the network. I see /etc/netstart, but it looks a > little > more /brutal/ than I was hoping for. Any and all suggestions _greatly_ > appreciated. > > Thank you for all your time, and consideration. > > --Chris > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
