From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 14 18:47:01 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 239AA1065679 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:47:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Ggatten@waddell.com) Received: from mailhost0.waddell.com (mailhost0.waddell.com [12.154.38.61]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCBFA8FC08 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:47:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailhost3.waddell.com (mailhost3.waddell.com [10.1.10.28]) by mailhost0.waddell.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3FB7509CD; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:14:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mailhost3.waddell.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id BFB7B3C349; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:14:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: from WADPHTCAS0.waddell.com (wadphtcas0.waddell.com [192.168.203.229]) by mailhost3.waddell.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46B773C34E; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:14:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: from WADPMBXV0.waddell.com ([169.254.1.227]) by WADPHTCAS0.waddell.com ([192.168.203.229]) with mapi; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:14:17 -0500 From: Gary Gatten To: "'jherman@dichotomia.fr'" , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" , "'nathan@vidican.com'" Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:14:16 -0500 Thread-Topic: Is it a good idea to use DHCP for point to point connections ? 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