On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 11:03, Scot L. Harris wrote: > I understand the concept, but have not heard of anyone, not even a > rumor, that anyone has ever made use of such a service. You are correct > about wanting Internet access and having a router that doles out the > DHCP is pretty much the default. > > If anyone has used this or even knows the brother of a friend who may > have used it once let us know. I personally think this one was dead > before arrival. I agree. The internet works because responsibilities are delegated in a precise, hierarchical manner and wouldn't have a chance if every machine guessed at an address that might work. And if anyone is listening that might fix this, please also add a straightforward way to control the source address used for outbound connections when a machine is given multiple addresses on the same subnet for virtual hosting. --- Les Mikesell les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
