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On Wednesday 29 September 2004 03:57, Luke-Jr wrote: |
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> On Tuesday 28 September 2004 7:23 pm, Mark Dierolf wrote: |
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> > This whole conversation has gotten out of hand. Step back and realize |
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> > that a massive portion of gentoo's userbase wants/needs dhcp. It's a |
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> > big thing. |
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> A massive portion might *need* PPPoE. DHCP is *almost never* required |
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> to get on a network. In almost every DHCP-based network, users can set |
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> a static IP and get connectivity without any problem. This includes |
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> every Cable ISP I have encountered. |
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Only if you know which IP address you're supposed to have and which |
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nameservers it could be possible (if not blocked which is very easy and |
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smart from the ISP side). |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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