Darren,
Somehow you seem to be missing the point. I'm sure your linux box is wonderful for your HOME needs, but my problem is that I do not run the network at my work. So I either have to make my guest Macs work with my WORK dhcp server (i.e. use OT) or I have to go to my MIS group and get them to assign a static address (then use MacTCP). No doubt i could do that - but then it seems like I have to make a concession for an old Mac :-P
Missed by a mile as usual. I caught the use of home a couple of times but missed a reference to work. No doubt there's some reason a static address wont work as easily with your MIS group as it does with ICS.
I believe it's the case that if I arbitrarily assign my Mac a static ip address, then the server is likely to, at some point, dole out the same address to somebody else and then we will all be in trouble.
I fail to see why this would happen, a easier accident would be the address is
doled out before the mac is fired up. Logicly every dhcp server starts at either
0 or 255 and works up or down in steps of two, if there are only 100 machines likely to connect then your mac would use an address at the other end of the range to limit the chance of collision or plain odds and evens as I sometimes use.
One other thing - I bet my router uses less power, and takes up less space :-)
A small plus, granted. Neither are major concerns, the server runs 24/7, if you ran one on your home lan I'd be winning :-P
Cheers
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