From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22577 invoked from network); 29 Sep 2004 12:41:07 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 29 Sep 2004 12:41:07 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CCdlZ-0007BZ-2n for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:41:05 +0000 Received: (qmail 11050 invoked by uid 89); 29 Sep 2004 12:41:04 +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 11516 invoked from network); 29 Sep 2004 12:41:04 +0000 From: Luke-Jr To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:40:53 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <41586F16.5020409@gentoo.org> <200409290157.16260.luke-jr@utopios.org> <200409291139.57627.pauldv@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <200409291139.57627.pauldv@gentoo.org> IM-Address: luke-jr@jabber.org Public-GPG-Key-URI: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xD53E9583 Public-GPG-Key: 0xD53E9583 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1902593.5AhhenREhZ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200409291241.02032.luke-jr@utopios.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: removing dhcpcd from system??? X-Archives-Salt: 3682baac-ce77-46b1-8a59-ca4aac9e34d0 X-Archives-Hash: 1118379b359969f3cf69b11737ce0d52 --nextPart1902593.5AhhenREhZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 29 September 2004 9:39 am, Paul de Vrieze wrote: > 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 I don't use my ISP's nameservers anyway, since they are ICANN-only. Often,= =20 I've found I can set my IP to anything valid in the local area's range, not= =20 just the one I'm "supposed to have" and it works. =2D-=20 Luke-Jr Developer, Utopios http://utopios.org/ --nextPart1902593.5AhhenREhZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBWq1dZl/BHdU+lYMRApnSAKCLpcQWIs8KIl65eQY7lRUxZQVUNgCfc3Z1 qfIKDHbDaMCBHYfHR0zKEVY= =QLK2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1902593.5AhhenREhZ--