Am 18.12.2008 um 19:50 schrieb Sargun Dhillon: > Most Linux users, or most users that this device is aimed at are > intelligent enough to do a > "ip addr add 192.168.0.200/32 dev usb0" > "ip route add 192.168.0.202/32 dev usb0" > This will only make two addresses on your network inaccessible. Then > you can SSH into it, and change the IP address. This takes a whole 5 > minutes! It'll make you miserable to not have connectivity, I > understand, but just handle it.
I read the discussion as the request to avoid the situation completely (spend 0 minutes) instead of handling it. Saves 10000 people 5 minutes each, i.e. 34.7 days. And, you have forgot that learning how to do that takes more than 5 minutes if you are not an experienced sysadmin. > We've finally standardized on a set of IPs, and -everyone- is happy > with it, except a few individuals who don't know how to use their > system. Hm, I always thought that the FR is aimed at the *mass market* Not for the 0.01% of individuals (i.e. PC users worldwide) who know by heart how to set IP routes... Just my 2ct. Nikolaus _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
