On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Sunday 02 March 2003 02:28 pm, J�rg Skottke wrote: > > setting up the networking from drakconf asks for the hostname > > and "zeroconf". what is zeroconf? > > Doesn't anybody Google anymore? > > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2002/12/20/zeroconf.html > > > > > A short explanation about what it is on the install screen would be nice > though. > > "Enter a zeroconf hostname. This will allow you to operate your computer on a > Multicast DNS environment without reconfiguring the network interface."
And this is supposed to make it easier to understand? Why do we need to enter this at all? IMHO, tmdns should take this from the system as it does by default! If we ask for zeroconf names, why not about: 1)Netbios name 2)Apache virtual host names? I really think this is ridiculous. Usability is making it easier for the user to make the right decision, and in most cases the right decision is to make the zeroconf hostname the host part of the FQDN. And this is the default operation of tmdns. This should only be accessible as an advanced feature. Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 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
