From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 8 22:34:28 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA14083 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:34:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA14078; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:34:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.9.2/8.9.1) id WAA65450; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:34:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk) From: Steve Kargl Message-Id: <199902090634.WAA65450@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ In-Reply-To: <3124.918540757@gjp.erols.com> from Gary Palmer at "Feb 9, 1999 1:12:37 am" To: gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG (Gary Palmer) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:34:52 -0800 (PST) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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