From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24699 invoked from network); 29 Sep 2004 04:21:09 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 29 Sep 2004 04:21:09 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CCVxl-0001ZE-FN for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 04:21:09 +0000 Received: (qmail 18367 invoked by uid 89); 29 Sep 2004 04:21:08 +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 32624 invoked from network); 29 Sep 2004 04:21:07 +0000 Message-ID: <415A3405.3060900@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:03:17 -0400 From: Travis Tilley User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20040921) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <41586F16.5020409@gentoo.org> <200409281116.47382.vapier@gentoo.org> <200409281223.31441.mark@3e0.com> <200409290157.16260.luke-jr@utopios.org> In-Reply-To: <200409290157.16260.luke-jr@utopios.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: removing dhcpcd from system??? X-Archives-Salt: 7e71696d-42f7-4bf2-8499-fcd659664c6a X-Archives-Hash: 3c0d2b1a366e3c68a4d36ac1b644aa6f Luke-Jr wrote: > 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. apparently my cable ISP hasnt gotten the memo. > Please try setting your IP statically. I think you will find that it works. nope. >>Is our goal just to be able to boot, or do we want to be able to boot and >>do something? > > > If you can't do anything without network, you have other issues. yeah. network connectivity issues. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list