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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


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