-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bryen wrote:
On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 10:50 +0100, G T Smith wrote:
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Patrick Shanahan wrote:
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at least not at my knowledge level :^)
tks, a) For an environment involving 2 or 3 machines DHCP is more likely to give grief than any benefit, static addressing is probably easier to maintain. I know DHCP seems easy but there are some hidden pitfalls in DHCP which the naive can fall into. If you wish to continue using DHCP make damn certain that only one device is supplying addresses, otherwise you will playing network address lotto.
I disagree. If she's using wireless, chances are good that his wife's computer is a laptop and she uses it more than just at home. Static addressing is only good when the machine never leaves its spot. He'll get more grief from his wife than from his network if she always has to change her IP address setup every time she leaves or returns to the house.
A valid point, but if she is moving to multiple environments she is probably already running different profiles for those environments (i.e. printer links network shares etc etc). So same difference... :-) - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHGdK/asN0sSnLmgIRAiicAKCK2Dt/cp20buWd6jdWL0L59zULaACcCfKI kF4JDI7cGTflZe5S9I6ql70= =d3kk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org