From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 10 10:15:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net (snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1ED537B401 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:15:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from mindspring.com (dialup-209.247.143.76.Dial1.SanJose1.Level3.net [209.247.143.76]) by snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA07681; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:15:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3B4B3866.FBFF9A65@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:16:22 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Reply-To: tlambert2@mindspring.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Moran Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral References: <200107100332.UAA13663@usr01.primenet.com> <3B4B0856.A67F02FD@iowna.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bill Moran wrote: > > If you pick "default installation" or "full installation", it > > _should_ try to be smart; if you pick "custom installation", > > you chould have to babysit it like you do today. > > > > In the "default" case, it should attempt to obtain a DHCP lease, > > and, failing that, ask the user to give it settings, or let > > them do IPv4 stateless autoconfiguration. Ad Hoc networking > > should always "just work". > > If anyone is taking a vote, I disagree. I do not want any system > ever assuming anything about my network. Even Win checks with the > user before enabling DHCP. FYI: The networking bootstrap process I described above is derived from the process used by Windows 98 and above, as it comes configured by default on systems with integral network cards. The "link.local" draft RFC for doing the IPv4 stateless autoconfiguration was coauthored by a Microsoft employee. See the IETF "ZEROCONF" working group for more details: this stuff is going to be part of the standards soon. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message