Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 10:44:16 -0500 From: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov> To: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/isc-dhcp - Imported sources Message-ID: <20000628104416.A64033@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> In-Reply-To: <20000628172512.B52859@cichlids.cichlids.com>; from alex@big.endian.de on Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 05:25:12PM %2B0200 References: <20000627045610.A60638@dragon.nuxi.com> <200006271755.KAA01721@john.baldwin.cx> <20000628101529.A63423@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> <20000628172512.B52859@cichlids.cichlids.com>
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On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 05:25:12PM +0200, Alexander Langer wrote: > Thus spake Glenn Johnson (gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov): > > > Just my 2 cents here but isn't FreeBSD suppose to be a server OS? So > > shouldn't a server OS have a DHCP server in the base system? > > No, we don't have WWW and other common services in the base system, > too. Good point. My only other thought about that however is that a WWW server is not necessary for providing services to client computers on a LAN but a DHCP server is pretty much a requirement for most LANs. Put another way, all of those Windows and Mac client computers can not go visit _any_ Web page until they have their IP address and whatever other information needed from the DHCP server. Of course this only applies to the case where a LAN is using a DHCP server, but I think that is pretty common. -- Glenn Johnson USDA, ARS, SRRC Phone: (504) 286-4252 New Orleans, LA 70124 e-mail: gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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