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Date:      Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:51:18 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral
Message-ID:  <3B4B0856.A67F02FD@iowna.com>
References:  <200107100332.UAA13663@usr01.primenet.com>

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Terry Lambert wrote:

> If you pick "default installation" or "full installation", it
> _should_ try to be smart; if you pick "custom installation",
> you chould have to babysit it like you do today.
> 
> In the "default" case, it should attempt to obtain a DHCP lease,
> and, failing that, ask the user to give it settings, or let
> them do IPv4 stateless autoconfiguration.  Ad Hoc networking
> should always "just work".

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.

-Bill

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