Phil McKerracher wrote:
> [Apologies if this is a duplicate, the original seems to have got lost]
>
> Thanks for all your responses (wow!) and before I address individual
> points let me apologise if I appeared too negative, and make it clear that
> I'm very enthusiastic about astlinux in general, and have already donated
> (and purchased a net4801 etc) and corresponded with Kristian offering
> help.
>
> Since the original post I've noticed that m0n0wall seems to be configured
> in exactly the way I suggested - with a default IP of 192.168.1.1 - why is
> this not a good idea?
>
Here is my take on a default, static IP address.
DHCP is everywhere. If your network doesn't run DHCP, it probably
should, and if you really don't want to use it, you can buy/find/borrow
some router that has a DHCP server and can give you an IP address for
devices that you connect behind it.
Static IP address by default... What about this:
- Your network already has a 192.168.1.1 (or whatever)
-
>> From: Carla Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> No. Web forums are teh suck. :) But a lot of folks like them, so if you're
>> volunteering to run one for AstLinux, Kristian is the one to talk to...
>
> I'm volunteering...setting up a BB is trivial (although keeping spam out
> can be a pain), would people here actually use it? I've set one up in the
> past and found the RSS feed from it very useful.
>
phpbb/web forums. This is more of a personal thing than anything else,
but I HATE web forums.
If you have problems with a mailing list, it isn't the mailing list's
fault. You should improve your e-mail situation.
I am subscribed to dozens of mailing lists. I run procmail on my mail
server to sort them into appropriate IMAP folders. I can fire up any
IMAP client on any of my machines (or use SquirrelMail) and be presented
with ALL of my mailing list messages in one place, with a somewhat
consistent interface. Not only that, but all of my other e-mail is here
as well (obviously). So, just by checking my e-mail (which I do every
five minutes :) ) I can keep track of dozens of discussions on a wide
range of topics.
Now, what if all of these used something like phpBB? I would have 25
logins on 25 different interfaces on servers scattered all over the
internet. Even with an RSS feed, keeping track of all of them would be
a nightmare. Plus, I would have to check them in addition to my e-mail,
which I won't do.
Most of the time, if someone implements a web forum, it is because:
- they don't understand mailing lists
- they don't have access to a server that can host them
- they want to make ad revenue off of the forum by hosting ads on the pages
- they do it because they have to, customer demand (see reasons 1+2), etc
There are probably some other reasons, but my guess is these are the
main ones...
--
Kristian Kielhofner
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