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.