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From: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com>
To: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Discussion : Using DHCP to obtain configuration.
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On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Bob Bishop wrote:

> At 2:51 am +0100 16/4/98, Mike Smith wrote:

> > 3 Use the DHCP client for everything.
> 
> ...this option would introduce yet another chunk of mechanism which has to
> be working before one's system will DTRT.

Yes!  Has anyone here ever tried to fix a NeXTStep box when NetInfo was
spammed?  It's not pretty, I assure you.


 Ben

"You have your mind on computers, it seems." 


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