From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 11 5: 0:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com [65.24.0.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 441B637B406 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 05:00:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@iowna.com) Received: from iowna.com (dhcp065-024-023-038.columbus.rr.com [65.24.23.38]) by clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f6BBuiZ11804 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 07:56:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3B4C3FB8.9D667B0A@iowna.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 07:59:52 -0400 From: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral References: <200107110216.f6B2GO102444@mass.dis.org> 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 Mike Smith wrote: > > 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. > > Er, you *are* kidding, right? All modern Windows versions will try to > get a lease long before the user has any say in the matter. So does OS X. Well, I haven't gotten around to installing win2k or OS X yet. The last time I installed NT4 I seem to remember it explicitly asking me if I wanted to use DHCP or not, but I don't remember if I was on a network with a DHCP server when I did that, so it might have tried and failed. Apparently my information is terribly out of date. It appears as if I'll have to humbly stand corrected. -Bill -- If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, then what can I get for two hands in the bush? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message