Subject: Re: Netbooting quick how-to (was: on Vaxen)
To: Lord Isildur <mrfusion@umbar.vaxpower.org>
From: Brian Chase <bdc@world.std.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 06/04/2001 20:07:04
On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Lord Isildur wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Brian Chase wrote:
> > Actually, bootpd is pretty much obsolete. Today one should use dhcpd. :-)
> what makes it obsolete? the fact that it works? :-)
> bootp is great.
Just making a point that bootpd is about as obsolete as rarpd/bootparamd.
On a more practical note, if you've got a home network with a lot of
machines and machines come and go on that network, it is nice to have
a DHCP server running.
-brian.