-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jason Straight wrote: > Ok, now that I've taken time to collect myself and calm the fsck down. > > Why is ifplugd default? > > If it's for laptop users who switch network locations: > > 1. Why build the distro for laptops when more use it on desktops?
Let's drop SCSI support while we're at it? What about firewire (I mean, how many desktops ship with firewire ports compared to laptops) and support for LCD panels? > 2. Who ever switches network cables and needs to have it reconfigured for > them? Users (ie not admins). > I mean how often does someone really travel to another location with > another network and not reboot and restart? Every time they us a cross-over cable to transfer something. Do you really think I want to tell our director over an international cellphone call how to restart the network and/or configure routes to transfer files to a windows machine which has now auto-configured itself? > 3. Most people who roam around and hotplug network would be on wireless, which > takes care of that in it's own configuration (pcmcia), not ifplugd. > For PCMCIA users, it is not too much of a problem, if you're prepared to tell them to pop the card every time they plug into a different network (ie cross-over cable), but for on-board ethernet cards that's not possible. > I just don't understand who would want ifplugd? It's a dangerous thing that > caused problems on machines that I would never have put a utility like that > on, but I didn't know and didn't have any warning. It's not dangerous, it only highilghted the dangers you had in your network (ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0 would have killed your network in the same way ...). Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+3i9orJK6UGDSBKcRAqhuAJ9/A9J2j+yW9MsvuyEocRZT6wYGwQCeKuVp OAB2/qvPy6PY/R4FawDgYuw= =qQ7h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
