On Wednesday 29 September 2004 03:57, Luke-Jr wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 September 2004 7:23 pm, Mark Dierolf wrote:
> > This whole conversation has gotten out of hand. Step back and realize
> > that a massive portion of gentoo's userbase wants/needs dhcp. It's a
> > big thing.
>
> A massive portion might *need* PPPoE. DHCP is *almost never* required
> to get on a network. In almost every DHCP-based network, users can set
> a static IP and get connectivity without any problem. This includes
> every Cable ISP I have encountered.

Only if you know which IP address you're supposed to have and which 
nameservers it could be possible (if not blocked which is very easy and 
smart from the ISP side).

Paul

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