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From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
cc: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, jabley@clear.co.nz,
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Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/
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I agree.
having a DHCP client can make the difference between being able to 
get ont he net at all and not being able to get on the net.


On 9 Feb 1999, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:

> Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> writes:
> > Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > > If we want FreeBSD to have any credibility as a workstation OS, we
> > > need DHCP. It should be possible for a user or admin to smack in the
> > > boot floppy, have it autoconfigure the selected network interface, and
> > > perform an FTP installation.
> > So, we'll import a pop server, apache, g77, ad nauseam
> > to increase the credibility of FreeBSD as a workstation OS.
> 
> None of these are necessary on an average workstation. DHCP is
> becoming more and more common.
> 
> DES
> -- 
> Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no
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