On Wednesday 06 December 2006 09:48, you wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've done this 3 times, once in the UK (from here) so I'm really certain > > about my opinion: > > Get an ADSL ethernet router, with firewall and dhcp > > Do anything with the computer (but use dhcp) > > 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)? > > Is it not that DHCP is mainly used in situations with the following > combinations of circumstances ? > 1. Networks with large numbers of workstations that are not > permanently on line (e.g. customers-workstations-of ISP that connect > only when > required). > 3. There are more workstations (customers) than there are > public ip numbers available in an ISP. > 4. Prevent customers of ISP from running WWW(FTP,MTA,etc) sites without > paying for fixed ip number(s). > > Just curious to know, why.
Because dumb-installs use it (both every l I've played with, so does w) The naive (my father in law eg) does not need to concern his overwhelmed mind with gateways and nameservers etc It Just Works The context of this thread was exactly that. In fact my father-in-law got the book "ubuntu for idiots" (or similar) installed and everything Just Worked. Major achievement. James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
