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Old 12-18-2004
dhcp command in FreeBSD?

Is there a dhcp command in FreeBSD 5.3? I know in Linux, there was a command "dhcpcd" that I had to use in order for my WiFi NIC to get all the information that it needed. Is there something similar to this? Thanks.
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Old 12-19-2004
Try:

dhclient

(This is the client by the Internet Software Consortium)
 
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