> Exercising 'Overkill as Irony", here?<g> Well, not really. LOL Since he's professed to be computer illiterate, it seemed sensible to give him the details on the jargon as well -- try to edumacate him a bit along the way. :)
> Hmmm... Red Hat and OpenBSD don't actually have 'default' behaviours, > where TCP/IP configuration is concerned, IIRC. Ergo why I said, "usually". :-P The last RH box I set up DID have default behaviors of a sort but maybe that's changed. Since they've become so profit driven, I've moved away from RH. Most of the OSes I've worked with over the years default to obtaining their IP information via DHCP in some capacity, whether it's during setup or done automatically. In this particular case, he's running SUSE and the last install of SUSE I did had the default behavior implemented. :) One thing I really like about the latest versions of SUSE and Mandriva is that they've become very good at installing and running right out of the box. There's few things worse than the tedious nature of some Linux setups. > My experience with SBC DSL, on Windows 2000, Red Hat, and OpenBSD was > non-automatic, in all cases... but then, I was 'reconfiguring'... > moving from an old dial-up numbered CompuServe account (pre-CompuServe > 2000... from the 1980's), that used an 'expect-reply' script, to > log-on, on Windows 200 and Red Hat. Really?! I wonder if that was because of your specific implementation or something else. SBC is one of the few ISPs have little direct experience with but I've never heard of anyone having any problems. I've worked online with folks that have SBC (including my brother at one time) and they've never had any issues with using standard/default type setups on the service. > OpenBSD is non-automatic in the extreme. I worked a little with OpenBSD a while back but ended up shelving it. One of the many times in the last 10+ years I've tried to really sit down and learn the inside-out on the *NIX OSes. So much technology, so little time! :) James ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
