From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 15 20:47:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA18301 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 20:47:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from d183-205.uoregon.edu (d183-205.uoregon.edu [128.223.183.205]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA18244 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 20:47:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gurney_j@efn.org) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by d183-205.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA18364; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 20:47:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19980415204713.40333@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 20:47:13 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Mike Smith Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP client/server integration (import proposal) References: <199804151617.JAA00575@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: <199804151617.JAA00575@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 09:17:51AM -0700 Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney Organization: Cu Networking X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith scribbled this message on Apr 15: > I have a contribified version of the ISC DHCP suite (2.0b1pl0), which I > would like to incorporate, as a first step towards making FreeBSD a good > DHCP citizen. > > I feel that the move from the DHCP package as an addon to part of the > base system is justified as: > > - We already offer the precursor services (bootp, bootparam, rboot). > - DHCP is becoming the protocol of choice for this task. > > Questions? Comments? Reviewers? sure, I'm interested... but could you send me a copy of it before you commit it? right now I'm using wide-dhcp's client, and it has problems with lease times... also, right now all of my machines are using dhcp... so I'm in a good place to test it... -- John-Mark Gurney Modem Rev/FAX: +1 541 346 9237 Cu Networking P.O. Box 5693, 97405 Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD Don't trust anyone you don't have the source for To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message