From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13156 invoked from network); 29 Sep 2004 09:40:30 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 29 Sep 2004 09:40:30 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CCawo-00049R-E2 for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:40:30 +0000 Received: (qmail 1201 invoked by uid 89); 29 Sep 2004 09:40:02 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 23308 invoked from network); 29 Sep 2004 09:40:01 +0000 From: Paul de Vrieze To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:39:57 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <41586F16.5020409@gentoo.org> <200409281223.31441.mark@3e0.com> <200409290157.16260.luke-jr@utopios.org> In-Reply-To: <200409290157.16260.luke-jr@utopios.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2671425.lXdKPbr137"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200409291139.57627.pauldv@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: removing dhcpcd from system??? X-Archives-Salt: f74b9db6-acb0-447e-ad84-bb6d91573b3b X-Archives-Hash: c77e6c28f6f7f6addb62da1637ac088d --nextPart2671425.lXdKPbr137 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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=20 nameservers it could be possible (if not blocked which is very easy and=20 smart from the ISP side). Paul =2D-=20 Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: pauldv@gentoo.org Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net --nextPart2671425.lXdKPbr137 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBWoLtbKx5DBjWFdsRAkAbAKDAphfwtqVzMwjK9RNDNts+w3C2LwCfcxm8 63NIxC9OM4cKbLcCdWGOlV8= =HVoH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2671425.lXdKPbr137--