From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 8 23:15:30 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA17353 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:15:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles225.castles.com [208.214.165.225]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA17344; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:15:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA00562; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:10:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199902090710.XAA00562@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Daniel O'Connor" cc: Charlie ROOT , current@FreeBSD.ORG, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 09 Feb 1999 16:52:24 +1030." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 23:10:53 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > On 09-Feb-99 Charlie ROOT wrote: > > Further, the assertion that it is easier to configure the WIDE client is > > WRONG. The ISC CLIENT requires NO configuration. I don't see how anything > > can be simpler. :-) > Hmmm.. This annoyed me actually.. > There is NO config file which means its damn annoying for you to tweak how it works.. > Almost like a windows app really :) > > The WIDE client's default config file is usually quite OK. Actually, the ISC client supports a configuration file, but its defaults are usually fine. There are any number of reasons for going with the ISC client, including an involved ISC developer that's keen to help it happen. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message