Good info everyone. Fortunately I do understand all you're saying. Putting on my generic user hat, Logitech needs to simplify network handling because most users won't know DHCP from ABC. I'd have no clue that I was running two DHCP servers if I didn't have a bit of networking experience in my day job.
I imagine my setup is not unusual. I have a DSL router supplied by Verizon. It provides DHCP by default. You connect your computers to the router and they automatically gain a dynamic IP and connect to the internet, usually behind a default firewall built into the router. Most users will change nothing. I added on a wireless router when I got a wireless laptop. Plug it in and it all works together. Given this scenario, consumers aren't going to know the merits of disabling DHCP on the wireless router. They go buy Squeezeboxes, get frustrated and return them. -- doggieflyer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ doggieflyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49358 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
