[ale] Re-send: Opinions on Cable versus DSL

[Jim Popovitch]

--- Dan Newcombe <Newcombe at mordor.clayton.edu> wrote:
> 
> Well, it's one less thing (DHCP) to go wrong.  How about the geeky
> ones that decide to just nab a DHCP address and set it as a static?
> Still a pain in the ass.  And know where I've seen that happen the
> most? Linux users that would boot into windows, figure out an
> address, reboot into Linux and set it cause they couldn't get DHCP
> to work under linux.

Hmmm, maybe that's why major IP providers only use DHCP and refuse to
support Linux. Humorous, but still holds a bit of truth.

-Jim P.

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