From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 8 21:53:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA08860 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 21:53:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kithrup.com (kithrup.com [205.179.156.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA08855 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 21:53:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sef@kithrup.com) Received: (from sef@localhost) by kithrup.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA05212; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 21:53:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sef) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 21:53:11 -0800 (PST) From: Sean Eric Fagan Message-Id: <199902090553.VAA05212@kithrup.com> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ In-Reply-To: <19990209074440.15845.qmail.kithrup.freebsd.current@rucus.ru.ac.za> References: <199902082319.PAA63547@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> from Steve Kargl at "Feb 8, 1999 3:19:12 pm" Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd. Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <19990209074440.15845.qmail.kithrup.freebsd.current@rucus.ru.ac.za> you write: >Is DHCP core functionality? As much as an editor and PPP are, yes -- without it, some people simply *cannot* get on the net. >Anyone putting any DHCP functionality in should look >very seriously at any possibilities of combining the functionality, >rather than creating what amounts to a degree of redundancy. I think isc-dhcp can do both; however, it may only be the server that has that functionality. >I personally would prefer to see DHCP left a port. How would someone on a network and without a CD-ROM install it? (I recently had the joy of doing this, incidently... I ended up unplugging one of the other computers and using is IP address until the installation was complete.) That, I believe, is the reason that it's time to consider putting it in. (I've only used the ISC code, and, for several reasons, am biased in its favour, but I don't think it really matters.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message