On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Zach Fine wrote:

> This makes some sense. I do think it might be worth our collective
> whiles to make the task of bringing the network up and down
> simpler. If there's a netstart script, a netstop script seems a
> logical extension. 
> 
	Hmm - it _should_ be possible to tweak netstart to do the right
	thing with respect to resetting anything necessary on the way
	up.

> It's nice to be able to change all sorts of system settings without
> rebooting. It's one of the nicer things about using NetBSD instead of
> Windows or MacOS. A first-time user who sets up her NetBSD box and
> encounters instructions like--
> 
>     5.The final step is to reboot your machine to allow the changes to
>     take effect.
> 
>     (from the very useful document:
>     http://www2.giganet.net/~mark/NetBSD/howtos/net-howto.html#sec2)
> 
> --might not find out for a long time that this step was unnecessary.

	It would probably be a good idea to add a note to that doc to
	indicate that its not always necessary :)

		David/absolute

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