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PostPosted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 9:02 am    Post subject: better conf.d/net defaults Reply with quote

/etc/conf.d/net in 1.1a iso install defaults to static ip configuration and "..." for dhcpcd opts.

there's nothing wrong with defaulting to static ip config, per se, except for the fact that 99.9% of the time, your static ip conf is not going to match what's there:
iface_eth0="192.168.0.2 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"

given that, it makes more sense to default to dhcpcd which will work for *some* percentage of people right off the bat, versus the way it is now where it will work for almost *zero* percent of people as-is.

also - the "..." default options for dhcpcd are understandable but unfortunate. if you do, by accident or ignorance, uncomment that line without removing the elipses, it's quite hard to figure out what the problem is. all you get is failed network initialization without much help figuring out why. surely "" along with a note is a more appropriate default.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, but if you make dhcp the default and you don't have a dhcp server on your network you have to wait for it to time out which takes forever. Unless you change the "..." to a "-t 5" or something ;)
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