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Jason Straight wrote:
> Ok, I'm about ready to start kicking ass over this - ifplugd just totally
> farked up our network on a bunch of machines when I had to recycle
power on
> our switch - what mayhem.
>

So your DHCP server can't handle multiple requests? If your network
can't handle DHCP, use static assignments.

> What a gay idea to try to turn mandrake into XP

All versions of windows after 2000 Pro do it, including all versions of
Windows 2000 server.

> - and even worse why can't I
> just remove ifplugd package? I see there's a conditional in
> initscripts/network for ifplugd to have it check for it - why can't I
just
> remove with ifplugd without breaking dependancies?

You can just run drakconnect and uncheck "network hotplugging".

>
> This really is a stupid setup, and what a pain in the ass it just caused.
> Paint that package brown and stick peanuts and corn to it, put it on
contrib
> or something don't make it a default install.
>

So what about laptop users? Must they know about contrib before they can
 get a semi-functional network setup?

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