At 09:57 PM 3/17/99 +0100, Michael Kukat wrote:
> .... DHCP is not
>recommended, a very stupid idea from Redmont giving the hosts dynamic
>IP-addresses, which can change from boot to boot, and as i know, even
>while running. Don't think this is "network compatible".

DHCP was not invented by MICROS~1 or even sanctioned by them (they prefer
something called "WINS") however DHCP is a _much_ better protocol than
BOOTP which it superceded.

DHCP allows you to specify a given address is only to be given to a
particular MAC address and it allows you to pass other bits in there as
well such as filesystems to mount, DNS servers to use, etc etc.

--Chuck