You're correct, Jim, static is better. Only if you have many machines coming and going is dhcp an improvement. On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov wrote: > Yes, Janina that is why I suggested she use ifconfig and route for her > static stuff. I'm not sure why anybody would want to use dhcp on the > inside of a network (unless the machines inside are WINDOWS).On Sun, 30 > Jun 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > I may be wrong about this, but I think those Red Hat utilities > > only work for one card and simple setups. When you move to two > > nics and ip forwarding/masquerading, you leave simple behind and > > the scripts won't help you anymore. After all, Linux is very > > powerful on networking, and the scripts aren't designed to cover > > all circumstances, only the basics for newbies and technophobes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
