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Date:      Wed, 11 Jul 2001 07:59:52 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral
Message-ID:  <3B4C3FB8.9D667B0A@iowna.com>
References:  <200107110216.f6B2GO102444@mass.dis.org>

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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Apparently my information is terribly out of date.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?

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