Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:34:52 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG (Gary Palmer) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ Message-ID: <199902090634.WAA65450@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <3124.918540757@gjp.erols.com> from Gary Palmer at "Feb 9, 1999 1:12:37 am"
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Gary Palmer wrote: > Steve Kargl wrote in message ID > <199902090603.WAA65186@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>: > > I do live in a dhcp world, but our net admins appreciate > > the fact my machines are up 7/24 and serve my research group, > > so they have given me a fixed ip. > > That argument won't work with Media-One, Roadrunner, RCN, etc who just simply > *DO* *NOT* *SUPPORT* *STATIC* *IP* *ASSIGNMENTS*. How can we make this any > clearer to you? Its fine to say `I don't want to see DHCP in the base system' > when you have the choice of getting a static IP. A lot of the emerging > high-speed access providers aren't giving you that option. > Then, *BUY* the cd-rom and support the FreeBSD project. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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