From owner-freebsd-current Fri Aug 15 19:13:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA02257 for current-outgoing; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 19:13:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.san.rr.com (san.rr.com [204.210.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA02252 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 19:13:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.san.rr.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA06917 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 19:12:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199708160212.TAA06917@mail.san.rr.com> Received: from dt5h1n61.san.rr.com(204.210.31.97) by mail via smap (V2.0) id xma006903; Fri, 15 Aug 97 19:12:26 -0700 From: "Studded" To: "current@freebsd.org" Date: Fri, 15 Aug 97 19:12:01 -0700 Reply-To: "Studded" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 1.92 For OS/2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Wish List Item: DHCP for Instsall Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 11 Aug 1997 07:39:15 -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> I haven't heard much talk about DHCP under FreeBSD, but has anyone >> thought about, or looked into, the possibility of using DHCP for both the >> install, and as part of the standard 'runtime'? > >It's definitely been thought about, just no satisfactory solution for >actually doing it arrived at yet. Given the growing popularity of cable modems that use dycp to negotiate a connection at startup, this is going to be a more frequent request. Doug Do thou amend they face, and I'll amend my life. -Shakespeare, "Henry V"