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From: Mike Doty <uberslacks@×××××.com>
To: Mark Dierolf <mark@×××.com>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: removing dhcpcd from system???
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:34:50
Message-Id: f362f90e0409291034146aef7e@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: removing dhcpcd from system??? by Mark Dierolf
1 Same for comcast in midwest(chicago) I can't even change my network card here.
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4 On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:18:46 -0700, Mark Dierolf <mark@×××.com> wrote:
5 > On Tuesday 28 September 2004 6:57 pm, Luke-Jr wrote:
6 > > A massive portion might *need* PPPoE. DHCP is *almost never* required to
7 > > get on a network. In almost every DHCP-based network, users can set a
8 > > static IP and get connectivity without any problem. This includes every
9 > > Cable ISP I have encountered.
10 >
11 > Comcast Cable, one of the biggest ISP's on the west coast.
12 >
13 > No option for static ip's. Can't assign static IP to your box that is unused,
14 > your MAC address is unblocked on their router by your DHCP request being
15 > responded to.
16 >
17 > Mark Dierolf
18 >
19 >
20 >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: removing dhcpcd from system??? Dejan Nikic <dejann@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: removing dhcpcd from system??? Christian Birchinger <joker@g.o>