<quote who="O Plameras"> > For a long time, I had wanted to ask: why use DHCP in home networks > when one can use STATIC ip (using private network ip addresses)?
> Just curious to know, why. Because DHCP makes your network "just work" and doesn't inflict the need to understand IP addresses and subnets on unsuspecting users. Hooray for little home network routers that do all of this out of the box. No mucking around. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2007: Sydney, Australia http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ Broken hearts rarely come with "Some Assembly Required" stickers. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
